Bard vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Bard
based on 2,890 Bard vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Evelynn
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 Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Bard vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Bard in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Bard versus Evelynn counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Evelynn. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Evelynn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Bard or Evelynn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Evelynn, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter for Evelynn.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Evelynn, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Evelynnas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Evelynn matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is an above average counter to Evelynn. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Evelynn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often racks up more CS compared to Evelynn. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Bard versus Evelynn build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Evelynn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 52.5% when countering Evelynn with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Evelynn as Bard, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Bard vs Evelynn clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Evelynn as Bard are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.