Bard with Sion
How to Synergize Bard and Sion
based on 2,743 Bard with Sion pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Sion Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Sion
Tips for Playing as Bard with Sion
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 Sion Will Play
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Bard Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Bard in LoL
The Bard Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, 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 Sion. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sion helps Bard perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard is an ally to Sion, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Sion helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Sion on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sion. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sion.
Moreover, when Bard plays with Sion on the same side, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Sion does a poor job of covering Bard in team fights.
Synergies between Bard and Sion
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Is Bard better when played alongside Sion?
There is no top champion pairing for Bard that will always be his best synergy. However, Sion is a very typical companion for Bard. By playing on the same team as Bard, he increases their win rate by 0.6% to 52.9%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Bard and Sion that results in them performing better together than alone.
Sion has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Sion teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Bard players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Bard and Sion together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough AP. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Sion ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Bard to work well with Sion during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Bard and Sion synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Sion than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 52.9% helping carry Sion with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Bard players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Sion with Bard are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.