Varus with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Varus and Rek'Sai
based on 883 Varus with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Varus with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Varus Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Varus in LoL
The Varus Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Rek'Sai helps Varus perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is paired with Rek'Sai, he sees a small increase in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Rek'Sai supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Rek'Sai does a decent job of covering Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Rek'Sai
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Is Varus better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Varus that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Rek'Sai is a very typical ally for Varus. By locking into the same team as Varus, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 47.7%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Varus and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Rek'Sai has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Rek'Sai comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Varus players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Varus and Rek'Sai together, you may not be granting your other allies much magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Rek'Sai ally, you should focus on increasing your gold 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 Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Varus and Rek'Sai synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 47.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Rek'Sai with Varus are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.