Xerath with Varus
How to Synergize Xerath and Varus
based on 6,345 Xerath with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Varus Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Varus
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Varus
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Varus Will Play
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.
Xerath Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Varus helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Varus, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Varus does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Varus.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Varus on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Varus
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Varus?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Varus is a very typical companion for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 49.6%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Xerath and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when lining up Varus teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Varus together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much engage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Varus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Xerath and Varus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Varus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xerath and Varus pairings, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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