Graves vs Bard Counter Build
How to Beat Bard as Graves
Summary
We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each week. This Graves versus Bard matchup review came out of an examination of 19,147 ranked games where both champions fought each other.
This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Graves fights Bard in only 2.1% of his games. Graves does a ok job of beating Bard. Typically, Graves wins a acceptable 50.0% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Graves against Bard rounds, Graves’s side is 2.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Bard.
Matchups Analyzed
Win Rate
Team First Blood
Best Graves Items to Counter Bard
The best items to prioritize in your Graves versus Bard build include Guardian Angel, Galeforce, and The Collector. When Graves incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Bard than with most other typical item sets.
Best Graves Runes to Counter Bard
To have the best probability of vanquishing Bard as Graves, Graves players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Ravenous Hunter runes. Out of all the rune sets players used for Graves vs Bard counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. We have also included the top Bard runes to fend off Graves to help you grasp how he will likely be played against you.
Best Graves Runes
Fleet Footwork
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Last Stand
Sudden Impact
Ravenous HunterBest Bard Runes
Guardian
Font of Life
Second Wind
Unflinching
Zombie Ward
Relentless HunterStats
The following tables clarify several strategic Graves versus Bard counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of 2.4 is not as good as Bard’s KDA ratio of 2.7, highlighting that Graves may be less central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard. This observation is largely a result of the differences in kills assists.
Battle Stats
Kills
Deaths
Assists
Largest Killing Spree
Damage Dealt
Damage Taken
Objective Stats
Towers Destroyed
Inhibitors Destroyed
Dragons Killed
Barons Killed
Gold Earned
Minions Killed
Graves often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, Graves receives more damage than Bard. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
In Graves vs Bard matchups, Graves typically totals a few more minion kills than Bard. Champs that don't get much CS usually don't have to have much CS to be useful. They are capable of scaling fully off of their abilities alone. Yet, champions with tons of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be useful. In either situation, work to top the averages shown here to do well.
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How We Analyze Our Matchups
For this counter guide, we analyzed 19147 Graves vs Bard matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Bard as Graves comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.