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Bard with Warwick

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How to Synergize Bard and Warwick

based on 3,972 Bard with Warwick pairs
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
3.39
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Bard has gone into battle with Warwick in 3972 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Bard play with Warwick. It is relatively rare for Bard to play alongside Warwick as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in about 3.7% of rounds with Bard.

Bard Warwick Synergy Summary

Bard does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Warwick. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.4% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Bard when playing alongside Warwick by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Bard vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerSolstice SleighImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Force of NatureKnight's VowKaenic RookernDead Man's Plate

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 SpeedArmorHealth 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
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Bard and Warwick

Tips for Playing as Bard with Warwick

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 Warwick Will Play

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

Bard Warwick Synergy Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Warwick Image
2.7
< Kills >
2.8
4.9
< Deaths >
5
13.9
< Assists >
14
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
31
< Minions Killed >
30
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,938
< Physical Damage >
2,989
8,306
< Magic Damage >
8,081
1,015
< True Damage >
1,054
12,259
< Damage Dealt >
12,125
21,032
< Damage Taken >
21,346
9,004
< Gold Earned >
9,014
1.78
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,432
< Total Healing >
6,587
11,461
< Experience >
11,454
59
< Vision Score >
62
25
< Wards Placed >
27
502
< Time Dealing CC >
490

How to Play with Warwick as Bard in LoL

The Bard Warwick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Warwick, 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 Warwick. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Warwick helps Bard perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Bard tries to synergize with Warwick, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Warwick supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Warwick on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Warwick.

Moreover, when Bard plays with Warwick on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Warwick does a decent job of protecting Bard in team fights.

Synergies between Bard and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Bard
Warwick

Is Bard better when played alongside Warwick?

There is no top synergy for Bard that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Warwick is a very typical ally for Bard. By locking into the same side as Bard, he lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 51.4%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Bard and Warwick that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Warwick has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Warwick allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by aligning Bard and Warwick together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of AP. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Warwick teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard Warwick Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Bard and Warwick, we analyzed 3,972 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 Warwick 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 truly master Bard in order to pair well with Warwick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to have in your Bard and Warwick synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Warwick than with many other common builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Warwick with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Bard players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.

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