Viktor with Bard
How to Synergize Viktor and Bard
based on 1,689 Viktor with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Bard Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Bard
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Bard
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Bard helps Viktor perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Viktor is an ally to Bard, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Bard supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played 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 with Bard.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Bard on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Bard does a decent job of protecting Viktor during teamfights.
Synergies between Viktor and Bard
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Bard?
There is no ideal synergy for Viktor that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Bard is a pretty good companion for Viktor. By playing on the same team as Viktor, he raises their win rate by 1.1% to 51.3%. This proves that there is a good bond between Viktor and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Bard has a lower difficulty than Viktor. That means Viktor players don't need to be careful when arranging Bard teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Viktor players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Viktor and Bard together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to pair well with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to use in your Viktor and Bard synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Bard than with many other typical builds. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 51.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.
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