Galio with Varus
How to Synergize Galio and Varus
based on 3,875 Galio with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Varus Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Varus
Tips for Playing as Galio with Varus
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Galio in LoL
The Galio 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, Galio sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Varus helps Galio perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio tries to synergize with Varus, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Varus does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played alongside Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Varus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Varus on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Galio in team fights.
Synergies between Galio and Varus
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Is Galio better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best synergy for Galio that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Varus is a below average companion for Galio. By playing on the same side as Galio, he drops their win rate by -2.2% to 48.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Galio and Varus that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Galio. That means Galio players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Varus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by aligning Galio and Varus together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Varus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio in order to pair well with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to use in your Galio and Varus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Galio combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Varus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 48.4% helping carry Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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