Varus with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Varus and Vel'Koz
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Varus Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Varus with Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz Will Play
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Varus Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Varus in LoL
The Varus Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 Vel'Koz. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Vel'Koz helps Varus perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is an ally to Vel'Koz, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Vel'Koz doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Varus in teamfights.
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Is Varus better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Varus that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, Vel'Koz is a very typical ally for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 49.1%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Varus and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Vel'Koz has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you need to be very careful when finding Vel'Koz comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Varus and Vel'Koz together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough cover. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Vel'Koz ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Varus in order to pair well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Varus and Vel'Koz synergy build consist of Muramana, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Vel'Koz than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Varus players 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 combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Vel'Koz with Varus are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.