Bard vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Bard
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Bard vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Evelynn Counter Build
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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
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.
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
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 show several valuable Bard vs. Evelynn counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Evelynn. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Evelynn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Bard or Evelynn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually loses when playing against Evelynn, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a bad counter for Evelynn.
While Bard does have a lower winrate compared to Evelynn, when facing one another, Bard also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Evelynnas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Evelynn matchups, Evelynn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter for Evelynn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on 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 continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Evelynn. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Bard versus Evelynn build consist of Locket of the Iron Solari, Dead Man's Plate, and Shard of True Ice. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Evelynn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 48.1% battling Evelynn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Evelynn as Bard, Bard players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Bard vs Evelynn counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Evelynn as Bard are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.