Bard vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Bard
based on 10,164 Bard vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Bard vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Bard against Caitlyn counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Bard or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Caitlyn.
While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Caitlyn matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is a good counter for Caitlyn. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often picks up a lot less CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Bard versus Caitlyn build include Kaenic Rookern, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Caitlyn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Bard vs Caitlyn matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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