Bard with Galio
How to Synergize Bard and Galio
based on 2,427 Bard with Galio pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Galio Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Galio
Tips for Playing as Bard with Galio
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.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Bard Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Bard in LoL
The Bard Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Bard sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Galio helps Bard perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard is an ally to Galio, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Galio does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Galio on the same side, 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 with Galio.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Galio on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Galio does a decent job of protecting Bard in team fights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Galio?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Bard that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, overall, Galio is a very typical ally for Bard. By locking into the same team as Bard, he improves their win rate by 0.1% to 52.4%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Bard and Galio that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be very careful when arranging Galio allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Bard players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Bard and Galio together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to synergize with Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to use in your Bard and Galio synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Galio than with most other common builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.4% when playing alongside Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Bard players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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