Graves with Varus
How to Synergize Graves and Varus
based on 6,980 Graves with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Graves Varus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Varus
Tips for Playing as Graves with Varus
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Graves in LoL
The Graves 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, Graves 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 Graves perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Graves plays on the same team as Varus, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This could indicate that Varus does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played together with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Moreover, when Graves plays with Varus on the same side, he typically receives significantly more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of covering Graves during team fights.
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Is Graves better when played alongside Varus?
There is no ideal ally for Graves that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Varus is a below average companion for Graves. By being on the same team as Graves, he lowers their win rate by -2.6% to 47.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Graves and Varus that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Graves. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Varus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Graves and Varus together, you may not be giving your other teammates much utility. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to work well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Graves and Varus synergy build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 47.9% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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