Bard vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Bard
based on 7,189 Bard vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Yasuo Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Bard Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Yasuo as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Bard vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Bard versus Yasuo matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Yasuo
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Bard or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter for Yasuo.
While Bard does have a higher winrate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Bard also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Bard into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Yasuo matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Bard is a decent counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Yasuo.
Other Champion Matchups Against Bard
Additional Information for Bard Players
How We Calculated Our Bard vs Yasuo Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually accumulates a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Bard versus Yasuo build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Yasuo than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Yasuo as Bard, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Bard vs Yasuo face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Yasuo as Bard are shown for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu above.