Bard with Nautilus
How to Synergize Bard and Nautilus
based on 196 Bard with Nautilus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Nautilus Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Bard with Nautilus
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 Nautilus Will Play
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Bard Nautilus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nautilus as Bard in LoL
The Bard Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, 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 Nautilus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nautilus helps Bard perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard is an ally to Nautilus, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Nautilus helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Nautilus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nautilus.
Moreover, when Bard plays with Nautilus on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Nautilus does a decent job of covering Bard during teamfights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Nautilus?
There is no ideal companion for Bard that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Nautilus is a not very good companion for Bard. By playing on the same side as Bard, he drops their win rate by -1.3% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Bard and Nautilus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Nautilus has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be very careful when lining up Nautilus allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Bard players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Bard and Nautilus together, you may not be providing your side much attack damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nautilus ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to synergize with Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Bard and Nautilus synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Bard incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Nautilus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 51.0% when playing alongside Nautilus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Bard players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
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