Varus with Karthus
How to Synergize Varus and Karthus
based on 1,641 Varus with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Varus with Karthus
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 Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Varus Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Varus in LoL
The Varus Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Karthus helps Varus perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus tries to synergize with Karthus, he observes a small increase in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Karthus helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Karthus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Karthus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Karthus.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Karthus on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Karthus
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Is Varus better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no perfect ally for Varus that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Karthus is a very bad companion for Varus. By locking into the same team as Varus, he drops their win rate by -3.9% to 44.5%. This shows that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Varus and Karthus that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Karthus has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means Varus players should be cautious when lining up Karthus comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Varus and Karthus together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Karthus ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Varus to synergize with Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Varus and Karthus synergy build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night. When Varus included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Karthus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 44.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating 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 we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.5% winrate overall.
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