Sylas with Varus
How to Synergize Sylas and Varus
based on 5,004 Sylas with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Varus Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Varus
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Varus
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas 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, Sylas 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 worsening shows that Varus helps Sylas perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas is paired with Varus, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Varus does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Varus.
Moreover, when Sylas plays with Varus on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Sylas in teamfights.
Synergies between Sylas and Varus
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Varus?
There is no perfect ally for Sylas that will always be his best synergy. However, Varus is a below average teammate for Sylas. By being on the same team as Sylas, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 47.3%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Sylas and Varus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be careful when arranging Varus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Sylas players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Sylas and Varus together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Varus ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sylas in order to synergize with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Sylas and Varus synergy build include Cryptbloom, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas bought at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Varus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Sylas players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.
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