Bard vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Bard
based on 1,690 Bard vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Jayce Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Bard vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Bard vs. Jayce counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jayce. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Jayce
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Who is Better, Bard or Jayce?
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 Jayce, with a 56.4% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a fantastic counter to Jayce.
While Bard does have a much higher winrate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Jayceas 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 Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Jayce 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 teammates during team fights.
Bard is a great counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Jayce during both the early game 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 here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Jayce. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Bard versus Jayce build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Jayce than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 56.4% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Jayce as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Bard vs Jayce battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 56.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jayce as Bard are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.