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How to Synergize Bard with Ziggs on the Same TeamBard is in the s tier of champions

Bard with Ziggs

How to Win With Bard and Ziggs Paired TogetherBard is in the b tier of champions
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Mage

How to Synergize Bard and Ziggs

based on 1,563 Bard with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
3.08
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Bard has been on the same team as Ziggs in 1563 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Bard play with Ziggs. It is very rare for Bard to play alongside Ziggs as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.4% of matches with Bard.

Bard Ziggs Synergy Summary

Bard does a average job of synergizing with Ziggs. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.6% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Bard when playing alongside Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Bard vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartBloodsongImperial Mandate

Optional Items

ThornmailKaenic RookernLocket of the Iron SolariTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
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Second ability for Bard to level upw
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Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Bard and Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Bard with Ziggs

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 Ziggs Will Play

Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.

Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.

Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.

Bard Ziggs Synergy Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Ziggs Image
2.9
< Kills >
2.8
5.2
< Deaths >
5
13.1
< Assists >
14
0.63
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
30
< Minions Killed >
30
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
2,978
< Physical Damage >
2,989
7,862
< Magic Damage >
8,081
1,066
< True Damage >
1,054
11,907
< Damage Dealt >
12,125
21,747
< Damage Taken >
21,346
9,035
< Gold Earned >
9,014
1.72
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,512
< Total Healing >
6,587
11,279
< Experience >
11,454
63
< Vision Score >
62
27
< Wards Placed >
27
462
< Time Dealing CC >
490

How to Play with Ziggs as Bard in LoL

The Bard Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ziggs helps Bard perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Bard plays on the same team as Ziggs, he observes a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Ziggs does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Ziggs. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ziggs.

Moreover, when Bard plays with Ziggs on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Ziggs does a poor job of covering Bard in team fights.

Synergies between Bard and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Bard
Ziggs

Is Bard better when played alongside Ziggs?

There is no ideal synergy for Bard that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Ziggs is a not very good ally for Bard. By playing on the same side as Bard, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 50.6%. This shows that there is a negative synergy between Bard and Ziggs that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Ziggs comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by grouping Bard and Ziggs together, you may not be giving your other allies very much attack damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Ziggs teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Bard and Ziggs, we analyzed 1,563 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 Bard with Ziggs 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

To truly master Bard in order to pair well with Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to get in your Bard and Ziggs synergy build consist of Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Ziggs than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 50.6% helping carry Ziggs with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Bard players should take 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 Ziggs pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Ziggs with Bard are presented for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.