Galio with Bard
How to Synergize Galio and Bard
based on 2,427 Galio with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Bard Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Bard
Tips for Playing as Galio with Bard
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.
Advice to Understand How Bard Will Play
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.
Galio Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Galio in LoL
The Galio Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Galio sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Bard helps Galio perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio tries to synergize with Bard, he gets a sizeable uptick in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Bard supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played together with Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Bard on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Bard does a decent job of covering Galio in team fights.
Synergies between Galio and Bard
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Is Galio better when played alongside Bard?
There is no perfect ally for Galio that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Bard is a decent teammate for Galio. By being on the same side as Galio, he improves their win rate by 1.8% to 52.4%. This shows that there is pretty good bond between Galio and Bard that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Bard has a much greater difficulty compared to Galio. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Bard teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Galio and Bard together, you will not be providing your team enough attack damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio in order to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Galio and Bard synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Bard than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 52.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Galio players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
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