Best supports to pair with Varus in LoL

If you don’t know which supports you should be playing with Varus, here is a list of the best champions to pair up with him in season 14.

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The best supports to play with Varus in LoL

Varus has been a steady presence at the highest levels of play in the past two years. In recent months, however, his power has gone down as Riot killed his lethality build in favor of the on-hit one.

Just like any other ADC, Varus can become stronger or weaker depending on which champions are paired with him. Since it’s a process that usually takes time, we have compiled a full list of champions that are guaranteed to work with Varus in the current meta. We’re also going to explain why and how they are strong with him, so get ready for some analysis!

Lulu – the no. 1 support for Varus

Lulu is the first champion we recommend trying out with Varus. With the latter no longer building lethality as his main build, Lulu has risen up as the ideal support to boost his DPS itemization. Given that Varus is quite an immobile marksman, she can protect him from deaths thanks to the added shields and apply crowd controls to the enemies.

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Thresh – The best engage support

If you’re into engage champions instead, then Thresh is a valid option you can always default to. The support champion boasts one of the most versatile kits in the game: he can engage, disengage, hook, and reposition his allies thanks to the lantern. Thresh does a bit of everything, which is why he also works with Varus.

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Thresh and Varus can help each other out in locking single targets. Whether it’s through Varus’ ultimate or Thresh’s hook, they can always follow up with the remaining spells. Typically, Varus goes for the lethality build with Thresh in order to get good burst damage output with the arrows and the passive.

That being said, this bot lane duo is extremely hard to play together and it requires a high amount of trust and coordination: make sure to get accustomed to it before jumping into solo queue games.

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Renata Glasc – the Lulu alternative

If you are not proficient with Lulu but are still looking for enchanter support, you should be playing Renata Glasc in the current meta. She does most of what Lulu does in terms of peeling potential but Renata is also able to play more aggressively given her hook and ultimate.

The main downside is that it requires more coordination and high proficiency on the champion, so unless you have a clear understanding of the champion, the achievable potential is lower than with Lulu most of the time.

Braum – the meta pick

He might not be the popular champion but Braum is performing well with Varus. Mostly coming in as a counter pick, the Warden champion protects and peels Varus better than most meta champions.

The two have great synergy as Varus can easily proc Braum’s passive and potentially chain up the two champions’ crowd controls during the teamfights. It’s not the easiest of laning phases but good coordination should allow you to get into a good game state.

Seraphine – enchanter alternative

If you’re looking for an enchanter pick to play with Varus aside from Senna, then we recommend Seraphine. The champion brings a good amount of shields and heals and also helps Varus poke and pressure the enemy champions during the laning phase. That said, both champions are quite immobile, so be aware of the enemy jungler: you will be an easy target to snowball on.

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