Varus with Tristana
How to Synergize Varus and Tristana
based on 1,575 Varus with Tristana pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Tristana Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Tristana
Tips for Playing as Varus with Tristana
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 Tristana Will Play
Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.
Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.
Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.
Varus Tristana Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tristana as Varus in LoL
The Varus Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, 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 Tristana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tristana helps Varus perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is an ally to Tristana, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Tristana doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Tristana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Tristana.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Tristana on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Tristana does a decent job of covering Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Tristana
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Is Varus better when played alongside Tristana?
There is no ideal synergy for Varus that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Tristana is a very typical companion for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, she lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 48.1%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Varus and Tristana that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Tristana has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players should be cautious when enlisting Tristana 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 cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Varus and Tristana together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a great deal of support. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Tristana ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to pair well with Tristana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Varus and Tristana synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Tristana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 48.1% when playing alongside Tristana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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