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How to Synergize Bard with Kayle on the Same TeamBard is in the s tier of champions

Bard with Kayle

How to Win With Bard and Kayle Paired TogetherBard is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Bard and Kayle

based on 3,024 Bard with Kayle pairs
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
3.2
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Bard has fought alongside Kayle in 3024 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much great data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Bard synergize with Kayle. It is relatively rare for Bard to play alongside Kayle as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 2.8% of rounds with Bard.

Bard Kayle Synergy Summary

Bard does a good job of synergizing with Kayle. On average, he wins an epic 53.7% of games the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Bard when fighting on the same team as Kayle by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Bard vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNull-Magic Mantle

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureShurelya's BattlesongImperial MandateKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
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Second ability for Bard to level upw
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Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
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Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Kayle

Tips for Playing as Bard with Kayle

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 Kayle Will Play

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

Bard Kayle Synergy Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Kayle Image
2.7
< Kills >
2.8
5.1
< Deaths >
5
13.6
< Assists >
14
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
30
< Minions Killed >
30
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,922
< Physical Damage >
2,989
7,915
< Magic Damage >
8,081
1,014
< True Damage >
1,054
11,851
< Damage Dealt >
12,125
21,730
< Damage Taken >
21,346
8,967
< Gold Earned >
9,014
1.75
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,459
< Total Healing >
6,587
11,529
< Experience >
11,454
62
< Vision Score >
62
27
< Wards Placed >
27
482
< Time Dealing CC >
490

How to Play with Kayle as Bard in LoL

The Bard Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayle. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kayle helps Bard perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Bard is paired with Kayle, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Kayle does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played together with Kayle on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kayle. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kayle.

Moreover, when Bard plays with Kayle on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Kayle does a poor job of protecting Bard in teamfights.

Synergies between Bard and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Bard
Kayle

Is Bard better when played alongside Kayle?

There is no top champion pairing for Bard that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Kayle is a pretty good ally for Bard. By playing on the same team as Bard, she improves their win rate by 1.4% to 53.7%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Bard and Kayle that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Kayle has a lower difficulty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be careful when arranging Kayle comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Bard players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by pairing Bard and Kayle together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Kayle teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard Kayle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Bard and Kayle, we analyzed 3,024 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Bard with Kayle comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard to pair well with Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Bard and Kayle synergy build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Kayle than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 53.7% when playing alongside Kayle with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Bard players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Bard and Kayle pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.7% win rate overall.

If you need to see Bard and Kayle synergy tips and stats for a a particular division rank, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using all rounds completed with both champs.