Bard vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Bard
based on 2,243 Bard vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Twitch Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Twitch
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 Twitch
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Bard vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Bard against Twitch matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Twitch’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Twitch. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Twitch. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Twitch
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Who is Better, Bard or Twitch?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually fairs equally well when facing off against Twitch, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Bard makes an ok counter for Twitch.
While Bard does have a lower winrate than Twitch, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Twitchas 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 Twitch. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Twitch matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter for Twitch. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Twitch.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard in order to counter Twitch during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often racks up a lot less CS as Twitch. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Bard versus Twitch build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Frozen Heart, and Shard of True Ice. When Bard combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Twitch than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Twitch with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Twitch as Bard, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Bard vs Twitch fights, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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