Bard vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Bard
based on 1,852 Bard vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Vex
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.
Bard vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Bard versus Vex counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vex. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vex. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Vex
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Who is Better, Bard or Vex?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Vex, with a 54.3% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a great counter for Vex.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate than Vex, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Vexas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Vex 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 teamfights.
Bard is a great counter for Vex. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard to counter Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Vex. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Bard versus Vex build include Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Vex than with most other typical builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 54.3% when countering Vex with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Vex as Bard, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Bard vs Vex battles, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vex as Bard are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu above.