Gwen with Varus
How to Synergize Gwen and Varus
based on 3,065 Gwen with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Varus Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Varus
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Varus
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Varus helps Gwen perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen tries to synergize with Varus, she gets a little decrease in her full damage output. This could signal that Varus doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Varus. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Gwen plays with Varus on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Varus does a decent job of protecting Gwen during teamfights.
Synergies between Gwen and Varus
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Varus?
There is no top companion for Gwen that will no matter what be her top synergy. Yet, Varus is a not very good companion for Gwen. By playing on the same team as Gwen, he drops their win rate by -2.7% to 45.4%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Gwen and Varus that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Gwen. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Varus comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Gwen and Varus together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of engage potential. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Varus ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to work well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Gwen and Varus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen bought at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 45.4% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Gwen players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.4% win rate overall.
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