Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
The Orianna 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, Orianna sees a very large drop in her 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 Orianna perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Orianna is an ally to Varus, she gets a barely noticable drop in her complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Varus does not help protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Orianna is played with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Orianna plays with Varus on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Varus does a poor job of covering Orianna in teamfights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Orianna that will always be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Varus is a relatively poor companion for Orianna. By locking into the same team as Orianna, he decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 45.6%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Orianna and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Orianna. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Varus comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, Orianna players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Orianna and Varus together, you may not be granting your other allies a great deal of engage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Varus ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Orianna to synergize with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to use in your Orianna and Varus synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Orianna bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 45.6% when playing alongside Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Orianna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.6% win rate overall.
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