Master Yi with Bard
How to Synergize Master Yi and Bard
based on 4,779 Master Yi with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Bard Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Bard
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Bard
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi 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, Master Yi sees a large worsening in his 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 Master Yi perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi plays on the same team as Bard, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Bard provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside 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 with Bard.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Bard on the same side, he typically takes the same amount of damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt an equal amount of damage could mean that Bard does a decent job of protecting Master Yi during teamfights.
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Bard?
There is no top synergy for Master Yi that will always be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Bard is a great companion for Master Yi. By locking into the same team as Master Yi, he improves their win rate by 3.0% to 53.6%. This signals that there is a very strong bond between Master Yi and Bard that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Bard has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means you should be cautious when finding Bard allies to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, Master Yi players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Master Yi and Bard together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to work well with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to build first in your Master Yi and Bard synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 53.6% helping carry Bard with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Master Yi and Bard pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Bard with Master Yi are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu above.