Zeri with Bard
How to Synergize Zeri and Bard
based on 1,265 Zeri with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zeri Bard Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zeri and Bard
Advice to Understand How Bard Will Play
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Zeri Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Zeri in LoL
The Zeri Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zeri sees a large worsening in their 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 Zeri perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zeri is an ally to Bard, they observes a small decrease in their complete damage output. This could indicate that Bard does not provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zeri is played with Bard on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Bard.
Additionally, when Zeri plays with Bard on the same team, they on average takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Bard does a poor job of covering Zeri during team fights.
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Is Zeri better when played alongside Bard?
There is no ideal companion for Zeri that will no matter what be their best ally. Yet, overall, Bard is a superb teammate for Zeri. By playing on the same side as Zeri, he increases their win rate by 3.1% to 49.3%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Zeri and Bard that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Zeri. That means Zeri players should be very careful when finding Bard allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Zeri players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Zeri and Bard together, you will not be giving your side very much AP. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zeri to pair well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Zeri and Bard synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri combined at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better as an ally of Bard than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing alongside Bard with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Zeri players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zeri and Bard pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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