Draven vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Draven
based on 3,706 Draven vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Bard Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Bard as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Bard
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Draven in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Draven vs. Bard counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Draven often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Bard
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Who is Better, Draven or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Bard, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Draven makes an ok counter for Bard.
While Draven does have a higher winrate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Draven into Bardas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Bard matchups, Draven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a decent counter to Bard. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven 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 above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically accumulates much more CS compared to Bard. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Draven versus Bard build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Bard with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Bard as Draven, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Draven vs Bard battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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