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How to Win Bard vs Kennen Counter MatchupBard is in the s tier of champions

Bard vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Bard in LoLBard is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Bard

based on 1,134 Bard vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
3.29
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our database, Bard engaged Kennen in 1134 rounds. Including so many matchups for Bard vs Kennen provides us confidence in our capability to provide informative data and a recommended build to suppress Kennen. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Bard encounters Kennen in only 1.0% of his games.

Bard vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Bard has done a good job of beating Kennen. On average, he wins a terrific 53.1% of the time the champs face each other in. In Bard vs Kennen matches, Bard’s side is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Bard vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBoots of Swiftness

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Solstice SleighBloodsongLocket of the Iron SolariTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
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
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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 Kennen as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Bard vs Kennen Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Kennen Image
2.9
< Kills >
6.3
5.2
< Deaths >
6.1
14.2
< Assists >
6.4
0.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
30
< Minions Killed >
165
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.42
2,959
< Physical Damage >
2,204
7,996
< Magic Damage >
21,852
1,058
< True Damage >
649
12,014
< Damage Dealt >
24,706
21,895
< Damage Taken >
22,159
9,126
< Gold Earned >
11,557
1.8
< Towers >
1.98
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,555
< Total Healing >
3,004
11,599
< Experience >
14,611
64
< Vision Score >
19
28
< Wards Placed >
9
466
< Time Dealing CC >
74

How to Counter Kennen with Bard in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some critical Bard versus Kennen matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Bard often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Kennen

Who is Better, Bard or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Kennen, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a great counter for Kennen.

While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Kennen, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Kennenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Kennen 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 team members during team fights.

Bard is a great counter for Kennen. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Kennen.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Bard, we analyzed 1,134 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 Kennen 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard most often gets a lot less CS as Kennen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Bard versus Kennen build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Kennen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 53.1% battling Kennen with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Kennen 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 rune builds players picked for Bard vs Kennen face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Bard are presented for every ranked division. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.