Bard vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Bard
based on 2,051 Bard vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Volibear
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 Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Bard versus Volibear counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Volibear. 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. On average, he receives less damage than Volibear. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Volibear
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Who is Better, Bard or Volibear?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Volibear, with a 54.0% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a great counter to Volibear.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate than Volibear, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Volibearas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Volibear matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Bard is a great counter to Volibear. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a lot less CS as Volibear. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Bard versus Volibear build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Bard combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Volibear than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 54.0% when countering Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Volibear as Bard, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Bard vs Volibear clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.0% win rate overall.
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