Yorick with Bard
How to Synergize Yorick and Bard
based on 2,184 Yorick with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yorick Bard Synergy Summary
Best Yorick vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yorick and Bard
Tips for Playing as Yorick with Bard
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Yorick in LoL
The Yorick 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, Yorick sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Bard helps Yorick perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yorick plays on the same team as Bard, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Bard supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Yorick 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 with Bard.
Additionally, when Yorick plays with Bard on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Bard does a decent job of covering Yorick during team fights.
Synergies between Yorick and Bard
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Is Yorick better when played alongside Bard?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Yorick that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Bard is a very typical ally for Yorick. By locking into the same side as Yorick, he increases their win rate by 0.3% to 50.6%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Yorick and Bard that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Yorick. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Bard allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Yorick and Bard together, you will not be giving your other allies much support. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Bard teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yorick in order to synergize with Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Yorick and Bard synergy build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Bard than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Yorick and Bard pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Bard with Yorick are presented for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.