Varus with Maokai
How to Synergize Varus and Maokai
based on 6,059 Varus with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Varus with Maokai
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 Maokai Will Play
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Varus Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Varus in LoL
The Varus Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, 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 Maokai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Maokai helps Varus perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus tries to synergize with Maokai, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This may signal that Maokai helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Maokai on the same team, 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 alongside Maokai.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Maokai on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Maokai does a poor job of covering Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Maokai
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Is Varus better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no one best companion for Varus that will always be his #1 teammate. However, Maokai is a good ally for Varus. By locking into the same side as Varus, he improves their win rate by 2.2% to 50.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Varus and Maokai that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Maokai has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you need to be very careful when lining up Maokai teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Varus and Maokai together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Maokai teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 in order to synergize with Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to build first in your Varus and Maokai synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Maokai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Maokai with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Varus and Maokai pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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