Ashe vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Ashe
based on 7,241 Ashe vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Bard
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
Advice to Win Against Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Ashe vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Ashe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Ashe versus Bard counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Bard..
Ashe normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ashe and Bard
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Who is Better, Ashe or Bard?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ashe usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes a bad counter to Bard.
While Ashe does have a much lower winrate than Bard, when facing one another, Ashe also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ashe into Bard.
Additionally, Ashe also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ashe is a garbage counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ashe against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ashe in order to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe usually accumulates much more CS relative to Bard. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Ashe versus Bard build consist of Infinity Edge, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Ashe included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Bard than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ashe had an average winrate of 45.9% battling Bard with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Bard as Ashe, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Ashe vs Bard fights, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.9% winrate overall.
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