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Synergies · the Wandering Caretaker

Bard

See which allied kits create reliable setup, protection and follow-up for Bard, with a written rationale for every reviewed or model-ranked pairing.

SupportAP
TierT3
Win rate48.7%
Pick rate4.8%
Ban rate2.2%

TEAM COMPOSITION

Bard team synergies

Synergy is a chain of jobs, not two popular portraits.

Support

Best fits

5 available reads

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Bard · Maokai

Support + Jungle · MacroDiff model

Kit fit
Why the pairing works

Maokai supplies 3/3 frontline where Bard should avoid first contact. Maokai's 3/3 peel creates time for Bard's 2/3 scaling profile. Bard's 3/3 peel protects Maokai's 2/3 scaling job.

Setup

3/3

Protection

3/3

Control chain

3/3
Synergy notes combine reviewed editorial pairs with MacroDiff's deterministic kit-complement model. They explain setup, protection, role coverage and damage balance; they never claim an observed win rate.