Varus with Neeko
How to Synergize Varus and Neeko
based on 4,335 Varus with Neeko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Neeko Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Neeko
Tips for Playing as Varus with Neeko
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 Neeko Will Play
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
Varus Neeko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Neeko as Varus in LoL
The Varus Neeko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Neeko, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Neeko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Neeko helps Varus perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Neeko, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This could signal that Neeko doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Neeko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Neeko.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Neeko on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Neeko does a poor job of protecting Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Neeko
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Is Varus better when played alongside Neeko?
There is no top champion pairing for Varus that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Neeko is a not very good teammate for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, she decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 47.0%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Varus and Neeko that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Neeko has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players must be very careful when finding Neeko teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Varus and Neeko together, you will not be providing your other allies a great deal of cover. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Neeko ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to work well with Neeko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Varus and Neeko synergy build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Neeko than with most other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Neeko with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Neeko with Varus are shown for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.