Illaoi with Varus
How to Synergize Illaoi and Varus
based on 2,642 Illaoi with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Illaoi Varus Synergy Summary
Best Illaoi vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Varus
Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Varus
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Illaoi in LoL
The Illaoi 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, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her 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 Illaoi perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Illaoi is paired with Varus, she sees a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Varus provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played together with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Varus.
Moreover, when Illaoi plays with Varus on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Illaoi during team fights.
Synergies between Illaoi and Varus
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Is Illaoi better when played alongside Varus?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her #1 teammate. Yet, Varus is a very bad companion for Illaoi. By locking into the same team as Illaoi, he drops their win rate by -3.2% to 46.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad synergy between Illaoi and Varus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Illaoi. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Varus allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Illaoi and Varus together, you probably will not be providing your side a great deal of crowd control. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's kit.
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
To truly master Illaoi to work well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Illaoi and Varus synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi bought at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 46.4% helping carry Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Illaoi and Varus pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.4% winrate overall.
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