Varus with Soraka
How to Synergize Varus and Soraka
based on 3,641 Varus with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Varus with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Varus Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Varus in LoL
The Varus Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 Soraka. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Soraka helps Varus perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus plays on the same team as Soraka, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Soraka supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Soraka on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Soraka.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Soraka on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Soraka does a poor job of covering Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Soraka
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Is Varus better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no top ally for Varus that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, overall, Soraka is a very typical companion for Varus. By locking into the same side as Varus, she lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 48.2%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Varus and Soraka that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Soraka has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players should be very careful when arranging Soraka comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by grouping Varus and Soraka together, you may not be providing your team much cover. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Soraka 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 anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to pair well with Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Varus and Soraka synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Soraka than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing alongside Soraka with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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