Gnar with Varus
How to Synergize Gnar and Varus
based on 1,508 Gnar with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gnar Varus Synergy Summary
Best Gnar vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Varus
Tips for Playing as Gnar with Varus
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
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.
Gnar Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Gnar in LoL
The Gnar 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, Gnar 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 drop shows that Varus helps Gnar perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gnar is an ally to Varus, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Varus supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Gnar plays with Varus on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Gnar during team fights.
Synergies between Gnar and Varus
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Is Gnar better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best synergy for Gnar that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Varus is a relatively poor teammate for Gnar. By playing on the same side as Gnar, he decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 45.4%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Gnar and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Gnar. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Varus allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Gnar and Varus together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of utility. Plan to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gnar to work well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to get in your Gnar and Varus synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 45.4% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.4% winrate overall.
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