Varus with Illaoi
How to Synergize Varus and Illaoi
based on 2,642 Varus with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Varus with Illaoi
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 Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Varus Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Varus in LoL
The Varus Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Illaoi helps Varus perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is an ally to Illaoi, he sees a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Illaoi doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Illaoi.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Illaoi on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Illaoi
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Is Varus better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Varus that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Illaoi is a below average teammate for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, she decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 46.4%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Varus and Illaoi that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Illaoi has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players must be very careful when lining up Illaoi comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Varus players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Varus and Illaoi together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to work well with Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Varus and Illaoi synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Illaoi than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 46.4% when playing alongside Illaoi with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.4% winrate overall.
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