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How to Synergize Shyvana with Bard on the Same TeamShyvana is in the b tier of champions

Shyvana with Bard

How to Win With Shyvana and Bard Paired TogetherShyvana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Shyvana and Bard

based on 1,233 Shyvana with Bard pairs
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Shyvana has fought alongside Bard in 1233 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the makers of League, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Shyvana synergize with Bard. It is relatively rare for Shyvana to play with Bard as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 2.3% of rounds with Shyvana.

Shyvana Bard Synergy Summary

Shyvana has done a average job of teaming up with Bard. Typically, she wins an acceptable 50.1% of the time the champions try and work together in. If you want to play better as Shyvana when playing alongside Bard by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Shyvana vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowFiendish Codex

Core Shyvana Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothStormsurge

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyIceborn GauntletTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shyvana to level upe
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Second ability for Shyvana to level upw
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Last skill for Shyvana to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Shyvana's passive ability p
Shyvana's q ability q
Shyvana's w ability w
Shyvana's e ability e
Shyvana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
8
W
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Shyvana and Bard

Tips for Playing as Shyvana with Bard

It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.

Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.

Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.

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.

Shyvana Bard Synergy Stats

Shyvana Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Bard Image
6.3
< Kills >
6
6
< Deaths >
6
6.8
< Assists >
6.5
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
66
< Minions Killed >
68
1.62
< Dragons Killed >
1.61
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.48
5,211
< Physical Damage >
4,982
14,473
< Magic Damage >
14,146
1,009
< True Damage >
1,023
20,693
< Damage Dealt >
20,152
33,894
< Damage Taken >
33,747
12,394
< Gold Earned >
12,288
1.84
< Towers >
1.75
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
12,546
< Total Healing >
12,365
14,374
< Experience >
14,393
22
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
7
199
< Time Dealing CC >
194

How to Play with Bard as Shyvana in LoL

The Shyvana 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, Shyvana sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Bard helps Shyvana perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Shyvana is paired with Bard, she observes a little increase in her complete damage output. This change could indicate that Bard supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shyvana is played together with Bard on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Bard. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Bard.

Moreover, when Shyvana plays with Bard on the same team, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Bard does a poor job of covering Shyvana during teamfights.

Synergies between Shyvana and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Shyvana
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Shyvana
Bard

Is Shyvana better when played alongside Bard?

There is no perfect companion for Shyvana that will no matter what be her #1 teammate. However, overall, Bard is a good ally for Shyvana. By locking into the same team as Shyvana, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 50.1%. This shows that there is a good bond between Shyvana and Bard that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Bard has a much greater difficulty compared to Shyvana. That means Shyvana players should be careful when lining up Bard comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing alongside, Shyvana players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Shyvana and Bard together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Bard ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Shyvana Players

How We Calculated Our Shyvana Bard Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Shyvana and Bard, we analyzed 1,233 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 Shyvana 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Shyvana to synergize with Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to focus on in your Shyvana and Bard synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Bard with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.

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