Nasus with Bard
How to Synergize Nasus and Bard
based on 2,837 Nasus with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Bard Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Bard
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Bard
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus 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, Nasus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Bard helps Nasus perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nasus is an ally to Bard, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Bard provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played with Bard 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 Bard.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Bard on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Bard does a decent job of covering Nasus in team fights.
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Bard?
There is no top ally for Nasus that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Bard is a pretty good companion for Nasus. By being on the same side as Nasus, he raises their win rate by 1.8% to 52.1%. This signals that there is a good strategic relationship between Nasus and Bard that results in them performing better together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Nasus. That means Nasus players need to be cautious when finding Bard teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Nasus players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Nasus and Bard together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus in order to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Nasus and Bard synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 52.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Nasus and Bard pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Bard with Nasus are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.