Bard vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Bard
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Bard vs Vex Matchup Summary
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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 stat comparisons shown here feature some important Bard vs. Vex counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vex. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vex. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Vex
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Who is Better, Bard or Vex?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually loses when trying to fight Vex, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a poor counter to Vex.
While Bard does have a lower winrate compared to Vex, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Bard into Vexas 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 Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Vex matchups, Vex is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter to Vex. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and 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
To truly master Bard in order to counter Vex during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Vex. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Bard versus Vex build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Frozen Heart, and Shard of True Ice. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Vex than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 48.8% battling Vex with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Vex as Bard, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Bard vs Vex matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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