Bard with Zyra
How to Synergize Bard and Zyra
based on 239 Bard with Zyra pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Zyra Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Zyra
Tips for Playing as Bard with Zyra
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 Zyra Will Play
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
Bard Zyra Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zyra as Bard in LoL
The Bard Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zyra helps Bard perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Bard plays on the same team as Zyra, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Zyra provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played together with Zyra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zyra.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Zyra on the same side, he usually receives more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Zyra does a poor job of protecting Bard in teamfights.
Synergies between Bard and Zyra
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Is Bard better when played alongside Zyra?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Bard that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Zyra is a terrible teammate for Bard. By being on the same side as Bard, she lowers their win rate by -3.8% to 48.5%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Bard and Zyra that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Zyra has a lower difficulty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be very careful when lining up Zyra teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Bard and Zyra together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of tankyness. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Zyra ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Bard to synergize with Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to build first in your Bard and Zyra synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Bard bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Zyra than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing alongside Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Bard players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Bard and Zyra pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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