Sivir vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Sivir
based on 1,332 Sivir vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Bard
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Sivir versus Bard matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Bard..
Sivir usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Bard
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Who is Better, Sivir or Bard?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 44.0% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a poor counter for Bard.
While Sivir does have a much lower winrate than Bard, when facing one another, Sivir also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sivir into Bard.
Furthermore, Sivir has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sivir is a trash counter to Bard. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sivir in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir often picks up much more CS as Bard. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Sivir versus Bard build consist of Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 44.0% when playing against Bard with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Bard as Sivir, Sivir players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Sivir vs Bard fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.0% win rate overall.
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