Bard vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Bard
based on 1,576 Bard vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Bard vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Bard against Zilean matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Bard normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Zilean
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Who is Better, Bard or Zilean?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Zilean, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter for Zilean.
While Bard does have a higher winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Bard into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Zilean matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard in order to counter Zilean during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average gets less CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Bard versus Zilean build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 51.8% battling Zilean with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Zilean as Bard, Bard players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Bard vs Zilean counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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