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How to Synergize Kai'Sa with Bard on the Same TeamKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa with Bard

How to Win With Kai'Sa and Bard Paired TogetherKai'Sa is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Bard

based on 4,343 Kai'Sa with Bard pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kai'Sa has fought alongside Bard in 4343 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, insightful builds to help Kai'Sa synergize with Bard. It is relatively rare for Kai'Sa to play alongside Bard as allies. This has only happened in approx. 2.7% of matches with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Bard Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a below average job of synergizing with Bard. On average, she wins an acceptable 48.9% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Kai'Sa when playing alongside Bard by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneZhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
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Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Bard

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Bard

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa Bard Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Bard Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
6.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
181
< Minions Killed >
180
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,695
< Physical Damage >
12,169
7,708
< Magic Damage >
8,110
400
< True Damage >
432
19,804
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
20,233
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,267
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.09
< Towers >
2.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,336
< Total Healing >
4,377
13,017
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
46
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Bard as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Kai'Sa sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Bard helps Kai'Sa perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kai'Sa plays on the same team as Bard, she sees a little drop in her full damage output. This change could signal that Bard does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played with Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Bard on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Bard does a poor job of protecting Kai'Sa during team fights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Bard

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Bard?

There is no ideal companion for Kai'Sa that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, Bard is a good teammate for Kai'Sa. By playing on the same team as Kai'Sa, he improves their win rate by 2.4% to 48.9%. This proves that there is pretty good bond between Kai'Sa and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Bard has a greater difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means you should be careful when lining up Bard comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by aligning Kai'Sa and Bard together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much support. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Bard teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Bard Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Bard, we analyzed 4,343 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 Kai'Sa with Bard 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

If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa to synergize with Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to have in your Kai'Sa and Bard synergy build include Guardian Angel, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Bard with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.

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