Gangplank with Varus
How to Synergize Gangplank and Varus
based on 2,163 Gangplank with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gangplank Varus Synergy Summary
Best Gangplank vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gangplank and Varus
Tips for Playing as Gangplank with Varus
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
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.
Gangplank Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Gangplank in LoL
The Gangplank 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, Gangplank sees a large worsening in his 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 Gangplank perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gangplank plays on the same team as Varus, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Varus does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Gangplank is played with 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 Gangplank plays with Varus on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Varus does a decent job of protecting Gangplank in team fights.
Synergies between Gangplank and Varus
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Is Gangplank better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best synergy for Gangplank that will always be his top synergy. However, Varus is a below average teammate for Gangplank. By locking into the same side as Gangplank, he drops their win rate by -1.8% to 46.8%. This shows that there is a harmful synergy between Gangplank and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Gangplank. That means Gangplank players don't need to be very careful when finding Varus comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Gangplank and Varus together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold 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
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to work well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to build first in your Gangplank and Varus synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Varus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when playing alongside Varus with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Gangplank players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Gangplank and Varus pairings, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Varus with Gangplank are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.