Annie with Varus
How to Synergize Annie and Varus
based on 2,294 Annie with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Annie Varus Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Varus
Tips for Playing as Annie with Varus
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Annie in LoL
The Annie Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Varus helps Annie perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Annie is an ally to Varus, she sees a little increase in her full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Varus provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Annie plays with Varus on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Annie in teamfights.
Synergies between Annie and Varus
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Is Annie better when played alongside Varus?
There is no perfect companion for Annie that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Varus is a very typical teammate for Annie. By playing on the same side as Annie, he lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 49.0%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Annie and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Annie. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Varus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Annie and Varus together, you will not be granting your other teammates much engage potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing 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 truly master Annie in order to work well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Annie and Varus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 49.0% when playing alongside Varus with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Annie and Varus pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Varus with Annie are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.