Bard with Soraka
How to Synergize Bard and Soraka
based on 55 Bard with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Soraka Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Bard with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Bard Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Bard in LoL
The Bard Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Soraka helps Bard perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Bard is paired with Soraka, he gets a big jump in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Soraka helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Soraka 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 alongside Soraka.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Soraka on the same team, he on average receives much more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Soraka does a poor job of covering Bard during teamfights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no top champion pairing for Bard that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Soraka is a very bad ally for Bard. By playing on the same side as Bard, she decreases their win rate by -5.0% to 47.3%. This signals that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Bard and Soraka that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Soraka teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing together, Bard players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by grouping Bard and Soraka together, you may not be granting your side enough sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Soraka ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should 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 Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Bard and Soraka synergy build include Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Vigilant Wardstone. When Bard bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Soraka than with most other typical builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when playing alongside Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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