Varus with Poppy
How to Synergize Varus and Poppy
based on 2,418 Varus with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Varus with Poppy
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 Poppy Will Play
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Varus Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Varus in LoL
The Varus Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 Poppy. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Poppy helps Varus perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Poppy, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Poppy provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Poppy 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 synergisticly with Poppy.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Poppy on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Poppy does a poor job of protecting Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Poppy
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Is Varus better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no one best companion for Varus that will always be his top ally. Yet, Poppy is a below average ally for Varus. By locking into the same team as Varus, she drops their win rate by -1.4% to 47.0%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Varus and Poppy that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Poppy has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means Varus players must be cautious when enlisting Poppy comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Varus players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Varus and Poppy together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Poppy teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to synergize with Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Varus and Poppy synergy build consist of Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Poppy than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Poppy with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating 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 runes players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.
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