Ivern vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Ivern
based on 1,355 Ivern vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Bard
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Ivern in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Ivern vs. Bard counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard..
Ivern often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ivern and Bard
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Who is Better, Ivern or Bard?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Ivern makes a poor counter for Bard.
While Ivern does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when they face off with one another, Ivern also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ivern into Bardas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ivern has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ivern 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 allies during team fights.
Ivern is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ivern against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ivern in order to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern on average gets less CS as Bard. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Ivern versus Bard build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Redemption, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Bard than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 48.5% battling Bard with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Bard as Ivern, you should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cosmic Insight, and Future's Market runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ivern vs Bard LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
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