Briar with Varus
How to Synergize Briar and Varus
based on 6,689 Briar with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Briar Varus Synergy Summary
Best Briar vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Varus
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.
Briar Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Briar in LoL
The Briar Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Briar sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Varus helps Briar perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Briar tries to synergize with Varus, they observes a barely noticable drop in their total damage output. This difference could indicate that Varus does not support by providing protection for them to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Varus. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Varus.
Moreover, when Briar plays with Varus on the same side, they on average receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Briar in teamfights.
Synergies between Briar and Varus
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Is Briar better when played alongside Varus?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Briar that will 100% of the time be their best synergy. However, Varus is a below average teammate for Briar. By playing on the same side as Briar, he lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 49.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative synergy between Briar and Varus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Briar. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Varus allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Briar and Varus together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Briar to pair well with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to use in your Briar and Varus synergy build include Guardian Angel, Sundered Sky, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three finished items in their build, they performed much better when paired up with Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 49.2% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Varus with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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