Heimerdinger vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Heimerdinger
based on 1,347 Heimerdinger vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Bard
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Heimerdinger versus Bard matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Bard..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Bard
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Bard?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Bard.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Bardas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often gets much more CS compared to Bard. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Bard build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Bard than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Bard with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Bard as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Bard LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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