Varus with Gwen
How to Synergize Varus and Gwen
based on 3,065 Varus with Gwen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Varus with Gwen
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 Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Varus Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Varus in LoL
The Varus Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Gwen helps Varus perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is an ally to Gwen, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Gwen does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Gwen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gwen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gwen.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Gwen on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Gwen does a decent job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Gwen
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Is Varus better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no ideal ally for Varus that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Gwen is a relatively poor teammate for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, she decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 45.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Varus and Gwen that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gwen has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Gwen allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Varus and Gwen together, you may not be giving your side a lot of tankyness. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Gwen ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to pair well with Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Varus and Gwen synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Gwen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 45.4% helping carry Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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 picked for Varus and Gwen pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.4% winrate overall.
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