Varus with Braum
How to Synergize Varus and Braum
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Varus Braum Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Braum
Tips for Playing as Varus with Braum
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 Braum Will Play
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
Varus Braum Synergy Stats
How to Play with Braum as Varus in LoL
The Varus Braum synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Braum, 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 Braum. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Braum helps Varus perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is paired with Braum, he gets a sizeable uptick in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Braum provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Braum 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 Braum.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Braum on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Braum does a decent job of covering Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Braum
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Is Varus better when played alongside Braum?
There is no one best ally for Varus that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Braum is a top-tier ally for Varus. By playing on the same team as Varus, he raises their win rate by 3.1% to 51.5%. This proves that there is a very strong bond between Varus and Braum that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Braum has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players must be cautious when lining up Braum teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Varus and Braum together, you will not be granting your team enough AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Braum ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to work well with Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to get in your Varus and Braum synergy build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Braum than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 51.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Braum with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Varus players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Braum with Varus are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.