Bard vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Bard
based on 2,522 Bard vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Syndra
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Bard vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some vital Bard vs. Syndra counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Syndra. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Syndra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Syndra
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Who is Better, Bard or Syndra?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Syndra, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter to Syndra.
While Bard does have a higher winrate than Syndra, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Syndraas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Syndra matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Bard is a good counter for Syndra. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often racks up a lot less CS as Syndra. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Bard versus Syndra build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Bloodsong. When Bard included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Syndra than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.3% battling Syndra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Syndra as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Bard vs Syndra clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
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