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How to Synergize Anivia with Bard on the Same TeamAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia with Bard

How to Win With Anivia and Bard Paired TogetherAnivia is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Anivia and Bard

based on 1,406 Anivia with Bard pairs
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.83
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Anivia has fought alongside Bard in 1406 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data from the developers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Anivia play with Bard. It is relatively rare for Anivia to play with Bard on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 2.6% of rounds with Anivia.

Anivia Bard Synergy Summary

Anivia does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Bard. Usually, she wins an acceptable 51.1% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Anivia when fighting on the same team as Bard by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Anivia vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentRod of Ages

Optional Items

StormsurgeZhonya's HourglassMalignanceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Anivia to level upe
>
Second ability for Anivia to level upq
>
Last skill for Anivia to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
15
W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Anivia and Bard

Tips for Playing as Anivia with Bard

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

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.

Anivia Bard Synergy Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
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6
< Kills >
5.5
4.8
< Deaths >
5
7.6
< Assists >
7.8
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
180
< Minions Killed >
160
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,321
< Physical Damage >
1,250
18,972
< Magic Damage >
17,783
1,198
< True Damage >
1,190
21,493
< Damage Dealt >
20,223
27,330
< Damage Taken >
26,907
11,701
< Gold Earned >
11,287
2.19
< Towers >
2.1
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,235
< Total Healing >
3,931
15,624
< Experience >
15,073
18
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
11
1,064
< Time Dealing CC >
1,000

How to Play with Bard as Anivia in LoL

The Anivia Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Anivia sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Bard helps Anivia perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Anivia is paired with Bard, she sees a small increase in her total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Bard supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Anivia is played alongside Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Bard. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Bard.

Moreover, when Anivia plays with Bard on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Bard does a poor job of covering Anivia during team fights.

Synergies between Anivia and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Anivia
Bard

Is Anivia better when played alongside Bard?

There is no ideal synergy for Anivia that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Bard is a very typical teammate for Anivia. By being on the same team as Anivia, he improves their win rate by 0.2% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Anivia and Bard that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Bard has a lower difficulty than Anivia. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Bard allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.

Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by grouping Anivia and Bard together, you may not be providing your team much AD. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia Bard Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Anivia and Bard, we analyzed 1,406 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Anivia with Bard comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Anivia to synergize with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to include in your Anivia and Bard synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Bard with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Anivia and Bard pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.

If you want to view Anivia and Bard collaboration tips and stats for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all rounds with data with both champions.