Varus with Lee Sin
How to Synergize Varus and Lee Sin
based on 4,853 Varus with Lee Sin pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Lee Sin Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Varus with Lee Sin
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 Lee Sin Will Play
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Varus Lee Sin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lee Sin as Varus in LoL
The Varus Lee Sin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lee Sin, 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 Lee Sin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Lee Sin helps Varus perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is an ally to Lee Sin, he sees a small increase in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Lee Sin supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Lee Sin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Lee Sin. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lee Sin.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Lee Sin on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Lee Sin does a decent job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Lee Sin
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Is Varus better when played alongside Lee Sin?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Varus that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, Lee Sin is a very typical ally for Varus. By locking into the same side as Varus, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 47.7%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Varus and Lee Sin that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Lee Sin has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Lee Sin allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Varus players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Varus and Lee Sin together, you may not be providing your other allies enough magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Lee Sin ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to work well with Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Varus and Lee Sin synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Lee Sin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Lee Sin with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating 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 combinations we have analyed for Varus and Lee Sin pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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