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Bard vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Bard in LoLBard is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Bard

based on 1,355 Bard vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
3.32
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Ivern as Bard came out of an analysis of 1355 ranked games where both champs opposed each other. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Bard encounters Ivern in only 1.2% of his games.

Bard vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Bard has done a decent job of countering Ivern. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Bard against Ivern rounds, Bard’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood versus Ivern.

Best Bard vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBoots of Swiftness

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernBloodsongImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariTrailblazerSolstice SleighFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
>
Second ability for Bard to level upw
>
Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Bard vs Ivern Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Ivern Image
2.5
< Kills >
2.3
4.7
< Deaths >
4.6
13.1
< Assists >
13
0.53
< Killing Sprees >
0.48
30
< Minions Killed >
19
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.16
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.5
2,712
< Physical Damage >
2,728
7,561
< Magic Damage >
6,160
911
< True Damage >
1,142
11,184
< Damage Dealt >
10,031
20,307
< Damage Taken >
16,728
8,763
< Gold Earned >
9,715
1.75
< Towers >
1.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
6,281
< Total Healing >
6,072
10,894
< Experience >
12,435
63
< Vision Score >
26
28
< Wards Placed >
7
481
< Time Dealing CC >
266

How to Counter Ivern with Bard in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some critical Bard versus Ivern counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ivern..

Bard often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Ivern. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Ivern

Who is Better, Bard or Ivern?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Ivern, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter to Ivern.

While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Ivern, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Bard into Ivernas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Ivern matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Bard is a decent counter for Ivern. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Ivern.

Other Champion Matchups Against Bard

Bard Loses Against

LilliaLillia46.4% winrateTeemoTeemo48.6% winrateMaokaiMaokai49.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser49.1% winrate

Bard Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani57.1% winrateZeriZeri56.7% winrateHweiHwei56.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56% 13750 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56% 6573 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.4% 1554 GamesSeraphineSeraphine+ 56.6% 2216 Games

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Bard, we analyzed 1,355 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ivern as Bard comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard usually picks up more CS as Ivern. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Bard versus Ivern build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Ivern than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Ivern with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ivern as Bard, you should equip 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 we have analyed for Bard vs Ivern battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.

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