Rek'Sai with Bard
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Bard
based on 641 Rek'Sai with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rek'Sai Bard Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Bard
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Bard
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai 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, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Bard helps Rek'Sai perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rek'Sai is an ally to Bard, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Bard supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played with Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.
Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Bard on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Bard does a poor job of protecting Rek'Sai in teamfights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Bard
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Bard?
There is no perfect ally for Rek'Sai that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, Bard is a fantastic teammate for Rek'Sai. By locking into the same team as Rek'Sai, he raises their win rate by 4.3% to 52.7%. This demonstrates that there is a strong strategic relationship between Rek'Sai and Bard that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Bard has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means Rek'Sai players need to be very careful when arranging Bard teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, Rek'Sai players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Rek'Sai and Bard together, you may not be granting your side very much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Bard teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai in order to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Rek'Sai and Bard synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 52.7% when playing alongside Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Rek'Sai players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rek'Sai and Bard pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.7% win rate overall.
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