Fizz vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Fizz
based on 5,300 Fizz vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fizz vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Fizz vs Bard Counter Build
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Core Fizz Items
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Guide to Countering Bard as Fizz
Tips for Playing as Fizz against Bard
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
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.
Fizz vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Fizz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Fizz versus Bard matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. Fizz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Fizz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Bard. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Fizz often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fizz and Bard
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Who is Better, Fizz or Bard?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Fizz usually fairs equally well when playing against Bard, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Fizz makes an ok counter to Bard.
While Fizz does have a lower win rate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Fizz also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Fizz into Bard.
Furthermore, Fizz has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Fizz vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Fizz is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Fizz against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Fizz 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 suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fizz typically picks up much more CS relative to Bard. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Fizz versus Bard build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Fizz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Bard than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Fizz had an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Bard as Fizz, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Fizz vs Bard matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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