Varus with Wukong
How to Synergize Varus and Wukong
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Varus Wukong Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Wukong
Tips for Playing as Varus with Wukong
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 Wukong Will Play
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Varus Wukong Synergy Stats
How to Play with Wukong as Varus in LoL
The Varus Wukong synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Wukong, 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 Wukong. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Wukong helps Varus perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus tries to synergize with Wukong, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Wukong supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Wukong on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Wukong.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Wukong on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Wukong does a poor job of covering Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Wukong
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Is Varus better when played alongside Wukong?
There is no ideal ally for Varus that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Wukong is a below average companion for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, he lowers their win rate by -2.3% to 46.1%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Varus and Wukong that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Wukong has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you should be careful when enlisting Wukong teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Varus players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Varus and Wukong together, you may not be giving your team very much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Wukong ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing 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 Varus in order to work well with Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Varus and Wukong synergy build consist of Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Wukong than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 46.1% helping carry Wukong with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip 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 sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Wukong with Varus are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.