Varus with Amumu
How to Synergize Varus and Amumu
based on 3,518 Varus with Amumu pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Amumu Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Amumu
Tips for Playing as Varus with Amumu
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 Amumu Will Play
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Varus Amumu Synergy Stats
How to Play with Amumu as Varus in LoL
The Varus Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, 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 Amumu. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Amumu helps Varus perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus plays on the same team as Amumu, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Amumu helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Amumu 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 Amumu.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Amumu on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Amumu does a poor job of protecting Varus during teamfights.
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Is Varus better when played alongside Amumu?
There is no one best synergy for Varus that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Amumu is a below average ally for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 46.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Varus and Amumu that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Amumu has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players should be very careful when finding Amumu comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, Varus players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Varus and Amumu together, you will not be providing your other teammates much attack damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Amumu ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to work well with Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Varus and Amumu synergy build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Amumu than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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