Braum vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Braum
based on 1,284 Braum vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Bard
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Braum against Bard counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Bard..
Braum usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Bard
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Who is Better, Braum or Bard?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Braum usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Braum makes a bad counter for Bard.
While Braum does have a lower win rate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Braum into Bard.
Additionally, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Braum is a somewhat poor counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Braum to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Braum versus Bard build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average winrate of 48.1% battling Bard with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Bard as Braum, Braum players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Braum vs Bard clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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