Varus with Akali
How to Synergize Varus and Akali
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Varus Akali Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Akali
Tips for Playing as Varus with Akali
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.
Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Varus Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Varus in LoL
The Varus Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Varus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Akali helps Varus perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is an ally to Akali, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Akali supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Akali on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akali.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Akali on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of covering Varus during team fights.
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Is Varus better when played alongside Akali?
There is no perfect ally for Varus that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Akali is a very typical teammate for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, she decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 48.3%. This shows that there is only a small synergy between Varus and Akali that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Akali has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means Varus players must be cautious when lining up Akali allies to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Varus and Akali together, you will not be granting your side enough support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Akali ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to pair well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Varus and Akali synergy build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 48.3% helping carry Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Varus players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Varus and Akali pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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