Nunu & Willump with Bard
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Bard
based on 2,351 Nunu & Willump with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Bard Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Bard
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Bard
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump 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, Nunu & Willump 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 drop shows that Bard helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Bard, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Bard supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Bard on the same team, 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 alongside Bard.
Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Bard on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Bard does a poor job of protecting Nunu & Willump during team fights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Bard
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Bard?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Bard is a fantastic teammate for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same side as Nunu & Willump, he increases their win rate by 4.5% to 52.0%. This proves that there is a strong strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Bard that results in them performing better together than alone.
Bard has a much greater difficulty compared to Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players must be cautious when enlisting Bard comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Nunu & Willump players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Nunu & Willump and Bard together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much AD. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Bard ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to pair well with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Nunu & Willump and Bard synergy build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Bard than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 52.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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