Bard with Draven
How to Synergize Bard and Draven
based on 2,956 Bard with Draven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Draven Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Draven
Tips for Playing as Bard with Draven
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 Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Bard Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Bard in LoL
The Bard Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, 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 Draven. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Draven helps Bard perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard is an ally to Draven, he observes a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Draven does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played with Draven on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Draven.
Moreover, when Bard plays with Draven on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Draven does a decent job of covering Bard in team fights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Draven?
There is no one best synergy for Bard that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Draven is a below average companion for Bard. By being on the same team as Bard, he drops their win rate by -2.4% to 49.9%. This signals that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Bard and Draven that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Draven has a lower difficulty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Draven comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Bard and Draven together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Draven ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to synergize with Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Bard and Draven synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Draven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing alongside Draven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, 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 rune sets players used for Bard and Draven pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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