Skarner with Varus
How to Synergize Skarner and Varus
based on 514 Skarner with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Varus Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Varus
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Varus
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner 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, Skarner sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Varus helps Skarner perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Skarner plays on the same team as Varus, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Varus provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played alongside Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Varus.
Additionally, when Skarner plays with Varus on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of covering Skarner during teamfights.
Synergies between Skarner and Varus
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Varus?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Skarner that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Varus is a very typical teammate for Skarner. By playing on the same side as Skarner, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 49.2%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Skarner and Varus that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Skarner. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Varus teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, Skarner players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Skarner and Varus together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to pair well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Skarner and Varus synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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