Varus with Leona
How to Synergize Varus and Leona
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Varus Leona Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Leona
Tips for Playing as Varus with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Varus Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Varus in LoL
The Varus Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 Leona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Leona helps Varus perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Leona, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Leona supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Leona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Leona.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Leona on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Leona does a decent job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Leona
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Is Varus better when played alongside Leona?
There is no perfect ally for Varus that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Leona is a decent ally for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, she improves their win rate by 2.0% to 50.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Varus and Leona that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Leona has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you should be careful when lining up Leona allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Varus players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Varus and Leona together, you will not be providing your team a lot of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Leona ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will 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 synergize with Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Varus and Leona synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Leona than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing alongside Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Varus and Leona pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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