Blitzcrank vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Blitzcrank
based on 4,158 Blitzcrank vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Bard
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Blitzcrank vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Blitzcrank vs. Bard matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard..
Blitzcrank usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Bard
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Bard?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually fairs equally well when facing off against Bard, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes an ok counter to Bard.
While Blitzcrank does have a lower winrate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Bard.
Moreover, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Bard 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Bard build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Bard than with most other common item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when countering Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Bard as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Blitzcrank vs Bard fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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