Jhin vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Jhin
based on 12,637 Jhin vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Bard
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Jhin vs. Bard matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Jhin often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Bard
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Who is Better, Jhin or Bard?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually fairs equally well when playing against Bard, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Jhin makes an ok counter for Bard.
While Jhin does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Jhin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Bard.
Furthermore, Jhin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Jhin is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jhin against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jhin to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin often gets much more CS compared to Bard. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Bard build include Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Jhin used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Jhin boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Bard with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Bard as Jhin, Jhin players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Jhin vs Bard battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Jhin are shown for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.