Jinx vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Jinx
based on 5,203 Jinx vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jinx vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Jinx vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Jinx
Tips for Playing as Jinx against Bard
Rockets aren't always the best choice! Jinx's minigun is incredibly powerful when fully ramped up. Switch to it whenever an enemy champion gets too close.
Jinx's rockets deal full damage to all enemies in the explosion. Use them on minions in lane to hit nearby enemy champions without drawing minion aggro.
When a fight starts try to stay on the edge of fray by poking with rockets and Zap!. Do not run in and unload with the minigun until you feel it is safe.
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.
Jinx vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Jinx in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Jinx against Bard counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Jinx’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jinx may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Bard. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Jinx often has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jinx and Bard
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Who is Better, Jinx or Bard?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jinx usually loses when trying to fight Bard, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Jinx makes a poor counter for Bard.
While Jinx does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when on opposite teams, Jinx also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jinx into Bard.
Furthermore, Jinx has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Jinx 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 teamfights.
Jinx is a somewhat poor counter for Bard. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jinx against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jinx to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jinx usually racks up much more CS as Bard. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Jinx versus Bard build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Jinx incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Bard than with most other common item sets. In fact, Jinx boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Bard with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Bard as Jinx, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Jinx vs Bard clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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