Bard vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Bard
based on 1,385 Bard vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Zoe
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 Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Bard vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Bard in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Bard against Zoe matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zoe. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Zoe
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Who is Better, Bard or Zoe?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Zoe, with a 55.7% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a fantastic counter to Zoe.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate compared to Zoe, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Zoeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zoe. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Zoe matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a great counter for Zoe. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Zoe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Zoe. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Bard versus Zoe build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Zoe than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 55.7% when playing against Zoe with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Zoe as Bard, Bard players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Bard vs Zoe matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.7% winrate overall.
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