Kassadin vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Kassadin
based on 1,612 Kassadin vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Bard
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Kassadin against Bard matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Bard. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kassadin often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Bard. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Bard
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes a bad counter to Bard.
While Kassadin does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kassadin into Bardas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kassadin is a trash counter to Bard. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin 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 listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often racks up much more CS as Bard. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kassadin versus Bard build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Bard than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 47.9% when playing against Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Bard as Kassadin, Kassadin players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kassadin vs Bard matchups, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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