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

Bard with Veigar

How to Win With Bard and Veigar Paired TogetherBard is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Bard and Veigar

based on 2,806 Bard with Veigar pairs
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
3.27
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Bard has gone into battle with Veigar in 2806 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Bard synergize with Veigar. It is relatively rare for Bard to play with Veigar on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 2.6% of matches with Bard.

Bard Veigar Synergy Summary

Bard does a good job of playing alongside Veigar. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.9% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Bard when playing alongside Veigar by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Bard vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBoots of Swiftness

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerFrozen HeartBloodsong

Optional Items

Unending DespairThornmailImperial 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

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningUnflinching
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Veigar

Tips for Playing as Bard with Veigar

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 Veigar Will Play

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Bard Veigar Synergy Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Veigar Image
2.8
< Kills >
2.8
5.1
< Deaths >
5
13.9
< Assists >
14
0.57
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
30
< Minions Killed >
30
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,981
< Physical Damage >
2,989
8,035
< Magic Damage >
8,081
1,051
< True Damage >
1,054
12,067
< Damage Dealt >
12,125
21,962
< Damage Taken >
21,346
9,100
< Gold Earned >
9,014
1.72
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,692
< Total Healing >
6,587
11,752
< Experience >
11,454
60
< Vision Score >
62
26
< Wards Placed >
27
491
< Time Dealing CC >
490

How to Play with Veigar as Bard in LoL

The Bard Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 Veigar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Veigar helps Bard perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Bard plays on the same team as Veigar, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Veigar does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played with Veigar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Veigar.

Moreover, when Bard plays with Veigar on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Veigar does a poor job of protecting Bard during teamfights.

Synergies between Bard and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Bard
Veigar

Is Bard better when played alongside Veigar?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Bard that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Veigar is a very typical ally for Bard. By being on the same team as Bard, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 52.9%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Bard and Veigar that results in them performing better together than alone.

Veigar has a lower difficulty than Bard. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Veigar allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by pairing Bard and Veigar together, you probably will not be giving your other allies much attack damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Veigar ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard Veigar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Bard and Veigar, we analyzed 2,806 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 Veigar 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to pair well with Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to build first in your Bard and Veigar synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Veigar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when playing alongside Veigar with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.9% win rate overall.

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