Lucian with Bard
How to Synergize Lucian and Bard
based on 5,698 Lucian with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Lucian Bard Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Bard
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Bard
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian 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, Lucian sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Bard helps Lucian perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian tries to synergize with Bard, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Bard doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played with Bard on the same side, 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 Lucian plays with Bard on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Bard does a decent job of covering Lucian during team fights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Bard?
There is no ideal ally for Lucian that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Bard is a very typical ally for Lucian. By locking into the same side as Lucian, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Lucian and Bard that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means you must be cautious when lining up Bard comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, Lucian players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Lucian and Bard together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Bard ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to synergize with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to prioritize in your Lucian and Bard synergy build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 49.1% helping carry Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lucian and Bard pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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