Yasuo with Bard
How to Synergize Yasuo and Bard
based on 6,197 Yasuo with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Bard Synergy Summary
Best Yasuo vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Bard
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Bard
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a very large drop 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 Yasuo perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo is paired with Bard, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This may indicate that Bard does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Bard on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Bard does a poor job of protecting Yasuo during team fights.
Synergies between Yasuo and Bard
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Bard?
There is no top ally for Yasuo that will no matter what be his best ally. However, Bard is a pretty good companion for Yasuo. By locking into the same side as Yasuo, he increases their win rate by 2.7% to 53.3%. This proves that there is a good strategic relationship between Yasuo and Bard that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Bard has a lower difficulty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Bard teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Yasuo and Bard together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough engage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Bard teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo to work well with Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Yasuo and Bard synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Bard than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 53.3% when playing alongside Bard with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Yasuo and Bard pairings, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.3% winrate overall.
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