Varus with Rakan
How to Synergize Varus and Rakan
based on 4,176 Varus with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Varus with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Varus Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Varus in LoL
The Varus Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 Rakan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rakan helps Varus perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus plays on the same team as Rakan, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Rakan provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Rakan 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 synergisticly with Rakan.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Rakan on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Varus during teamfights.
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Is Varus better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no perfect companion for Varus that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Rakan is a very typical ally for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, he lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 48.2%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Varus and Rakan that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Rakan has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players need to be careful when arranging Rakan teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Varus and Rakan together, you will not be providing your team enough engage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Rakan ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Varus to pair well with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Varus and Rakan synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Rakan than with many other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 48.2% helping carry Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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