Ivern with Bard
How to Synergize Ivern and Bard
based on 1,172 Ivern with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ivern Bard Synergy Summary
Best Ivern vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Ivern and Bard
Tips for Playing as Ivern with Bard
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Ivern in LoL
The Ivern 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, Ivern sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Bard helps Ivern perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ivern tries to synergize with Bard, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Bard supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Ivern is played alongside Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.
Moreover, when Ivern plays with Bard on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Bard does a poor job of protecting Ivern during teamfights.
Synergies between Ivern and Bard
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Is Ivern better when played alongside Bard?
There is no one best champion pairing for Ivern that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Bard is a pretty good companion for Ivern. By locking into the same side as Ivern, he raises their win rate by 1.7% to 52.5%. This signals that there is a good bond between Ivern and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Ivern. That means you need to be careful when enlisting Bard comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Ivern and Bard together, you will not be granting your side a lot of sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Bard ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ivern in order to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Ivern and Bard synergy build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 52.5% helping carry Bard with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Ivern players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ivern and Bard pairings, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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