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

Bard vs Ornn

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

How to Beat Ornn as Bard

based on 2,469 Bard vs Ornn matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
3.31
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our data, Bard faced off against Ornn in 2469 rounds. Using so many games with Bard vs Ornn provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a solid build to destroy Ornn. This matchup is relatively rare. Bard is forced to battle against Ornn in only 2.3% of his matches.

Bard vs Ornn Matchup Summary

Bard has done a decent job of countering Ornn. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.6% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Bard against Ornn games, Bard’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Ornn.

Best Bard vs Ornn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariBloodsong

Optional Items

Knight's VowKaenic RookernRedemptionImperial Mandate

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 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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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Ornn as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Ornn

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 Ornn

Try to stay away from walls. Ornn is much less strong if he cannot stun you.

Attack Ornn to keep him from creating items in lane.

Bard vs Ornn Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Ornn Image
2.8
< Kills >
3.6
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
14.4
< Assists >
8.2
0.61
< Killing Sprees >
0.84
31
< Minions Killed >
169
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.4
3,109
< Physical Damage >
6,377
8,540
< Magic Damage >
12,459
1,152
< True Damage >
408
12,803
< Damage Dealt >
19,245
22,002
< Damage Taken >
33,747
9,157
< Gold Earned >
10,678
1.84
< Towers >
2.04
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,752
< Total Healing >
3,996
11,530
< Experience >
14,785
63
< Vision Score >
17
27
< Wards Placed >
8
499
< Time Dealing CC >
600

How to Counter Ornn with Bard in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Bard against Ornn matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ornn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ornn. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Bard normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Ornn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Ornn

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Ornn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Ornn

Who is Better, Bard or Ornn?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Ornn, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter to Ornn.

While Bard does have a higher win rate than Ornn, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Ornnas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ornn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Ornn matchups, Bard is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Bard is a decent counter for Ornn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Ornn.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Ornn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ornn as Bard, we analyzed 2,469 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 Ornn 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Ornn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard typically gets a lot less CS as Ornn. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Bard versus Ornn build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Bloodsong. When Bard combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Ornn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Ornn with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Ornn 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Bard vs Ornn LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.

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