Bard vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Bard
based on 1,717 Bard vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Bard vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Bard against Viktor matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viktor. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Viktor
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Who is Better, Bard or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Viktor, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Viktor.
While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Viktor, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Viktoras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach 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 Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Viktor matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Bard is a good counter to Viktor. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Viktor. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Bard versus Viktor build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Viktor than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.5% when countering Viktor with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Viktor as Bard, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Bard vs Viktor LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Viktor as Bard are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.