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How to Win Seraphine vs Bard Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Seraphine

based on 5,208 Seraphine vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.68
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. In our data, Seraphine faced Bard 5208 times. Including so many matchups for Seraphine versus Bard provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening stats and a supported build to annihilate Bard. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Seraphine encounters Bard in only 3.0% of her games.

Seraphine vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Seraphine does a dismal job of beating Bard. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Seraphine vs Bard rounds, Seraphine’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Bard.

Best Seraphine vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessWorld Atlas

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceCelestial OppositionMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreRedemptionArdent CenserImperial Mandate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Bard as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Bard Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Bard Image
3.1
< Kills >
2.7
5.6
< Deaths >
4.7
11.9
< Assists >
13.9
0.66
< Killing Sprees >
0.57
111
< Minions Killed >
30
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,526
< Physical Damage >
2,917
12,436
< Magic Damage >
7,802
453
< True Damage >
1,021
14,415
< Damage Dealt >
11,741
16,866
< Damage Taken >
21,053
9,933
< Gold Earned >
8,981
2.29
< Towers >
1.79
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,136
< Total Healing >
6,594
11,766
< Experience >
11,351
40
< Vision Score >
62
18
< Wards Placed >
27
249
< Time Dealing CC >
455

How to Counter Bard with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Seraphine versus Bard counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Bard..

Seraphine often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Bard

Who is Better, Seraphine or Bard?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Seraphine makes a bad counter for Bard.

While Seraphine does have a lower winrate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Seraphine also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Seraphine into Bard.

Moreover, Seraphine has a great 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 ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Seraphine 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Seraphine is a trash counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Seraphine against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Seraphine, we analyzed 5,208 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Bard as Seraphine comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Seraphine to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine most often accumulates much more CS relative to Bard. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Seraphine versus Bard build include Seraph's Embrace, Celestial Opposition, and Moonstone Renewer. When Seraphine included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Bard than with most other common item sets. In fact, Seraphine boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when playing against Bard with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Bard as Seraphine, Seraphine players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Seraphine vs Bard battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

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