Bard vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Bard
based on 1,406 Bard vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Bard vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Bard vs. Vladimir matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vladimir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Bard or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Vladimir, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Vladimir.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Bard into Vladimiras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Vladimir matchups, Bard is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a lot less CS as Vladimir. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Bard versus Vladimir build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Dead Man's Plate, and Shard of True Ice. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Vladimir than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 51.2% battling Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Vladimir as Bard, you should equip 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 sets players used for Bard vs Vladimir counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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