Orianna with Bard
How to Synergize Orianna and Bard
based on 1,447 Orianna with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Orianna Bard Synergy Summary
Best Orianna vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Orianna and Bard
Tips for Playing as Orianna with Bard
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Orianna in LoL
The Orianna Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Orianna sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Bard helps Orianna perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Orianna tries to synergize with Bard, she sees a small increase in her complete damage output. This change may indicate that Bard supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Orianna is played together with Bard on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Bard.
Additionally, when Orianna plays with Bard on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Bard does a poor job of protecting Orianna in team fights.
Synergies between Orianna and Bard
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Is Orianna better when played alongside Bard?
There is no top synergy for Orianna that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, Bard is a very typical ally for Orianna. By playing on the same side as Orianna, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 46.7%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Orianna and Bard that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Orianna. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Bard allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Orianna players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Orianna and Bard together, you will not be giving your side much cover. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Bard teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to pair well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Orianna and Bard synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other typical builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Bard with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Orianna and Bard pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Bard with Orianna are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.