Talon with Bard
How to Synergize Talon and Bard
based on 2,501 Talon with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Talon Bard Synergy Summary
Best Talon vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Bard
Tips for Playing as Talon with Bard
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Talon in LoL
The Talon 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, Talon 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 Talon perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Talon tries to synergize with Bard, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Bard provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played together with Bard on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Bard.
Moreover, when Talon plays with Bard on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Bard does a poor job of covering Talon during team fights.
Synergies between Talon and Bard
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Is Talon better when played alongside Bard?
There is no one best champion pairing for Talon that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Bard is a pretty good companion for Talon. By being on the same side as Talon, he improves their win rate by 2.7% to 51.7%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Talon and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Talon. That means you must be careful when lining up Bard teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, Talon players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Talon and Bard together, you probably will not be giving your team enough magic damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Bard teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to pair well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Talon and Bard synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Talon players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Talon and Bard pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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