Bard with Varus
How to Synergize Bard and Varus
based on 4,747 Bard with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Varus Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Varus
Tips for Playing as Bard with Varus
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Understand How Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Bard Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Bard in LoL
The Bard Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Bard sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Varus helps Bard perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard tries to synergize with Varus, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Varus does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Moreover, when Bard plays with Varus on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Bard during teamfights.
Synergies between Bard and Varus
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Is Bard better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best synergy for Bard that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Varus is a relatively poor companion for Bard. By being on the same side as Bard, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 50.9%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Bard and Varus that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be cautious when finding Varus comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by aligning Bard and Varus together, you will not be granting your team much engage potential. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Bard to synergize with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to include in your Bard and Varus synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Varus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Bard players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Bard and Varus pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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