Varus with Kassadin
How to Synergize Varus and Kassadin
based on 2,050 Varus with Kassadin pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Kassadin Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Varus with Kassadin
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 Kassadin Will Play
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Varus Kassadin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kassadin as Varus in LoL
The Varus Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, 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 Kassadin. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kassadin helps Varus perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus tries to synergize with Kassadin, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Kassadin does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kassadin. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kassadin.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Kassadin on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Kassadin does a decent job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Kassadin
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Is Varus better when played alongside Kassadin?
There is no one best synergy for Varus that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, Kassadin is a very typical companion for Varus. By being on the same team as Varus, he raises their win rate by 0.4% to 48.8%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Varus and Kassadin that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means Varus players should be very careful when enlisting Kassadin allies to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Varus players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Varus and Kassadin together, you may not be granting your side very much utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Kassadin teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Varus in order to work well with Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Varus and Kassadin synergy build consist of Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing 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 sets players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Kassadin with Varus are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.