Xerath with Bard
How to Synergize Xerath and Bard
based on 1,908 Xerath with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Bard Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Bard
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Bard
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath 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 Xerath perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Bard, he gets a sizeable uptick in his total damage output. This change could signal that Bard supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Bard on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Bard.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Bard on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Bard does a decent job of protecting Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Bard
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Bard?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Xerath that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Bard is a superb companion for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he improves their win rate by 3.3% to 53.9%. This demonstrates that there is a very real synergy between Xerath and Bard that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Xerath. That means you must be very careful when enlisting Bard allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Bard together, you will not be giving your side very much attack damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Bard ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold 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 Xerath to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Xerath and Bard synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 53.9% when playing alongside Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.
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