Irelia vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Irelia
based on 3,003 Irelia vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Bard
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion 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.
Irelia vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Irelia versus Bard counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in killsdeaths.
Irelia usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes more damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Bard
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Who is Better, Irelia or Bard?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a bad counter for Bard.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Bard, when facing one another, Irelia also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Irelia into Bard.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia 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 teamfights.
Irelia is a terribly counter for Bard. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average racks up much more CS compared to Bard. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Irelia versus Bard build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Bard than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 47.6% battling Bard with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Bard as Irelia, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Irelia vs Bard clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
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