Varus with Shen
How to Synergize Varus and Shen
based on 2,610 Varus with Shen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Shen Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Shen
Tips for Playing as Varus with Shen
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 Shen Will Play
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Varus Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Varus in LoL
The Varus Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, 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 Shen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shen helps Varus perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Shen, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Shen supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Shen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Shen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Shen on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Shen does a decent job of protecting Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Shen
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Is Varus better when played alongside Shen?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Varus that will always be his best ally. However, Shen is a very typical ally for Varus. By locking into the same side as Varus, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 49.3%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Varus and Shen that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Shen has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players must be very careful when lining up Shen comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Varus and Shen together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much AP. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Shen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to pair well with Shen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Varus and Shen synergy build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Shen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing alongside Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Varus players should equip 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 rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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