Naafiri vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Naafiri
based on 1,357 Naafiri vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Bard
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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.
Naafiri vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Naafiri against Bard matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Bard. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Naafiri typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Bard
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Bard?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when taking on Bard, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Bard.
While Naafiri does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Bard.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often racks up much more CS relative to Bard. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Bard build include Maw of Malmortius, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better versus Bard than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Bard with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Bard as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Naafiri vs Bard face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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