Jarvan IV with Varus
How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Varus
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Jarvan IV Varus Synergy Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Varus
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Varus
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize 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.
Jarvan IV Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Jarvan IV in LoL
The Jarvan IV 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, Jarvan IV 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 decrease shows that Varus helps Jarvan IV perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Varus, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Varus does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played together with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Moreover, when Jarvan IV plays with Varus on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of covering Jarvan IV in teamfights.
Synergies between Jarvan IV and Varus
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Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Varus?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Jarvan IV that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, Varus is a very typical companion for Jarvan IV. By playing on the same side as Jarvan IV, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 47.9%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Jarvan IV and Varus that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Jarvan IV. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Varus allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Jarvan IV and Varus together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to pair well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Jarvan IV and Varus synergy build include Frozen Heart, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Varus with Jarvan IV are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.