Brand with Varus
How to Synergize Brand and Varus
based on 9,243 Brand with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Brand Varus Synergy Summary
Best Brand vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Brand and Varus
Tips for Playing as Brand with Varus
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Brand in LoL
The Brand 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, Brand sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Varus helps Brand perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Brand plays on the same team as Varus, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This change may signal that Varus supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played alongside Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Brand plays with Varus on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Brand in teamfights.
Synergies between Brand and Varus
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Is Brand better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best synergy for Brand that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, Varus is a below average ally for Brand. By being on the same side as Brand, he lowers their win rate by -2.4% to 49.0%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Brand and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Brand. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Varus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Brand players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Brand and Varus together, you may not be granting your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand in order to pair well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Brand and Varus synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Brand players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Brand and Varus pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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