Bard vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Bard
based on 692 Bard vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Bard vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Bard against Rek'Sai matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rek'Sai. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Bard or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Rek'Sai.
While Bard does have a higher winrate than Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Rek'Saias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Rek'Sai 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 allied champions during team fights.
Bard is an above average counter for Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane 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 presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often gets a similar amount of CS as Rek'Sai. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Bard versus Rek'Sai build include Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Rek'Sai than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.7% when countering Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Rek'Sai 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 runes we have analyed for Bard vs Rek'Sai battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.7% win rate overall.
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