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How to Synergize Nilah with Bard on the Same TeamNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah with Bard

How to Win With Nilah and Bard Paired TogetherNilah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nilah and Bard

based on 1,293 Nilah with Bard pairs
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has been on the same team as Bard in 1293 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much complete data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can present to you high-quality, usable builds to help Nilah synergize with Bard. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play alongside Bard on the same side. This pairing has only happened in approximately 2.2% of matches with Nilah.

Nilah Bard Synergy Summary

Nilah has done a decent job of playing alongside Bard. On average, they wins an acceptable 51.2% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Nilah when fighting on the same team as Bard by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowVoltaic CycloswordStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Bard

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.

Nilah Bard Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Bard Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.7
5.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
171
< Minions Killed >
169
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,158
< Physical Damage >
18,142
154
< Magic Damage >
174
369
< True Damage >
412
17,682
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
24,209
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,314
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.45
< Towers >
2.59
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,370
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,334
< Experience >
13,231
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
90
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Bard as Nilah in LoL

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

Overall, Nilah sees a large worsening in their 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 Nilah perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah tries to synergize with Bard, they observes a small decrease in their total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Bard does not support by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played with Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Bard. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Bard.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Bard on the same team, they on average receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Bard does a poor job of covering Nilah in team fights.

Synergies between Nilah and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Bard

Is Nilah better when played alongside Bard?

There is no ideal synergy for Nilah that will no matter what be their top synergy. However, Bard is a very typical teammate for Nilah. By locking into the same side as Nilah, he lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 51.2%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Nilah and Bard that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Bard has a lower difficulty than Nilah. That means Nilah players don't need to be very careful when arranging Bard teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting together, Nilah players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by pairing Nilah and Bard together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Bard teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Bard Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Bard, we analyzed 1,293 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 Nilah 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 truly master Nilah to pair well with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to use in your Nilah and Bard synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three finished items in their build, they did a lot better when paired up with Bard than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Bard with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Nilah players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.

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