Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
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.
The Kled 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, Kled sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Bard helps Kled perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kled tries to synergize with Bard, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Bard supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kled is played with 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 alongside Bard.
Moreover, when Kled plays with Bard on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Bard does a decent job of protecting Kled during team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Kled that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Bard is a pretty good teammate for Kled. By being on the same side as Kled, he raises their win rate by 1.7% to 52.7%. This signals that there is a good bond between Kled and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Kled. That means you should be very careful when lining up Bard comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Kled and Bard together, you will not be providing your other allies a great deal of tankyness. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Bard ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kled in order to pair well with Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Kled and Bard synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Kled bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Kled boasted an average win rate of 52.7% helping carry Bard with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Kled players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.
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