Varus with Jax
How to Synergize Varus and Jax
based on 10,257 Varus with Jax pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Jax Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Jax
Tips for Playing as Varus with Jax
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 Jax Will Play
Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.
Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.
Varus Jax Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jax as Varus in LoL
The Varus Jax synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jax, 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 Jax. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jax helps Varus perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is an ally to Jax, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Jax does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Jax on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Jax.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Jax on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Jax does a decent job of protecting Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Jax
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Is Varus better when played alongside Jax?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Varus that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Jax is a very typical ally for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 49.0%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Varus and Jax that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Jax has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you need to be cautious when finding Jax allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Varus players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by aligning Varus and Jax together, you probably will not be giving your side a great deal of engage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Jax ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Varus in order to synergize with Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Varus and Jax synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Jax than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 49.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Jax with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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