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How to Synergize Ezreal with Bard on the Same TeamEzreal is in the b tier of champions

Ezreal with Bard

How to Win With Ezreal and Bard Paired TogetherEzreal is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Ezreal and Bard

based on 8,987 Ezreal with Bard pairs
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Ezreal has fought alongside Bard in 8987 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much accurate data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Ezreal play with Bard. It is relatively rare for Ezreal to play alongside Bard on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 4.0% of games with Ezreal.

Ezreal Bard Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal has done a below average job of teaming up with Bard. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.3% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Ezreal when playing alongside Bard by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ezreal vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
SheenCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaSpear of ShojinEssence Reaver

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingVoltaic CycloswordNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
>
Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
>
Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Ezreal and Bard

Tips for Playing as Ezreal with Bard

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

Advice to Understand How Bard Will Play

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.

Ezreal Bard Synergy Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Bard Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.6
5.6
< Deaths >
5.7
6.9
< Assists >
6.9
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
177
< Minions Killed >
173
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.48
16,014
< Physical Damage >
15,776
7,258
< Magic Damage >
7,219
572
< True Damage >
606
23,845
< Damage Dealt >
23,602
20,592
< Damage Taken >
20,535
11,769
< Gold Earned >
11,844
2.21
< Towers >
2.22
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,622
< Total Healing >
5,506
13,023
< Experience >
12,716
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
94
< Time Dealing CC >
90

How to Play with Bard as Ezreal in LoL

The Ezreal Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Ezreal sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Bard helps Ezreal perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ezreal is paired with Bard, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This may signal that Bard supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ezreal is played with Bard 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 alongside Bard.

Moreover, when Ezreal plays with Bard on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Bard does a poor job of protecting Ezreal during team fights.

Synergies between Ezreal and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ezreal
Bard

Is Ezreal better when played alongside Bard?

There is no one best companion for Ezreal that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, Bard is a pretty good teammate for Ezreal. By locking into the same team as Ezreal, he improves their win rate by 2.4% to 49.3%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Ezreal and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Bard has a greater difficulty than Ezreal. That means Ezreal players should be cautious when lining up Bard teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Ezreal and Bard together, you may not be giving your other allies very much tankyness. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Bard teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal Bard Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ezreal and Bard, we analyzed 8,987 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 Ezreal with Bard 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 Ezreal in order to pair well with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to use in your Ezreal and Bard synergy build include Muramana, Spear of Shojin, and Essence Reaver. When Ezreal incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Bard with Ezreal are given for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.