Bard with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Bard and Jarvan IV
based on 1,580 Bard with Jarvan IV pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Bard with Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Bard Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Bard in LoL
The Bard Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 Jarvan IV. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jarvan IV helps Bard perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Bard tries to synergize with Jarvan IV, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Jarvan IV supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played together with Jarvan IV on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Jarvan IV.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Jarvan IV on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Jarvan IV does a poor job of protecting Bard in teamfights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Bard that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, Jarvan IV is a very bad ally for Bard. By playing on the same team as Bard, he decreases their win rate by -4.9% to 47.4%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Bard and Jarvan IV that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Jarvan IV has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be cautious when finding Jarvan IV comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Bard and Jarvan IV together, you will not be granting your other allies very much AP. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Jarvan IV ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to pair well with Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Bard and Jarvan IV synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Jarvan IV than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 47.4% helping carry Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Bard and Jarvan IV pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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