Bard with Corki
How to Synergize Bard and Corki
based on 1,434 Bard with Corki pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Corki Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Corki
Tips for Playing as Bard with Corki
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 Understand How Corki Will Play
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Bard Corki Synergy Stats
How to Play with Corki as Bard in LoL
The Bard Corki synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Corki, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Bard sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Corki. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Corki helps Bard perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard plays on the same team as Corki, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Corki provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played with Corki on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Corki.
Moreover, when Bard plays with Corki on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Corki does a poor job of protecting Bard during team fights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Corki?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Bard that will always be his ideal ally. However, Corki is a below average teammate for Bard. By locking into the same side as Bard, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 51.2%. This demonstrates that there is a negative synergy between Bard and Corki that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Corki has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Corki teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Bard and Corki together, you will not be providing your side much cover. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Corki ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to pair well with Corki during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Bard and Corki synergy build consist of Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Corki than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 51.2% helping carry Corki with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Bard and Corki pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
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