Olaf with Varus
How to Synergize Olaf and Varus
based on 1,316 Olaf with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Varus Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Varus
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Varus
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Varus helps Olaf perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf is paired with Varus, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Varus provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Moreover, when Olaf plays with Varus on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Varus does a poor job of covering Olaf during teamfights.
Synergies between Olaf and Varus
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Varus?
There is no perfect ally for Olaf that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Varus is a not very good companion for Olaf. By locking into the same side as Olaf, he decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 47.5%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Olaf and Varus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Olaf. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Varus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Olaf and Varus together, you may not be providing your other allies very much crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to pair well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Olaf and Varus synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Olaf had an average winrate of 47.5% when playing alongside Varus with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Varus with Olaf are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.