Bard vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Bard
based on 7,278 Bard vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Bard vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Bard versus Jax counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Jax. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Jax
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Who is Better, Bard or Jax?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Jax, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Jax.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Jax, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Jaxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Jax matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Bard is an above average counter to Jax. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard to counter Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically picks up a lot less CS as Jax. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Bard versus Jax build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Jax than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 52.1% when playing against Jax with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Jax as Bard, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Bard vs Jax LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jax as Bard are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.