Aatrox vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Aatrox
based on 6,098 Aatrox vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Bard
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Aatrox in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several important Aatrox versus Bard counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Aatrox typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Bard. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aatrox and Bard
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aatrox usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes a bad counter to Bard.
While Aatrox does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Aatrox into Bard.
Moreover, Aatrox has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox 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.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aatrox in order to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox typically gets much more CS as Bard. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Bard build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Aatrox combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Bard than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 48.3% battling Bard with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Bard as Aatrox, Aatrox players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Aatrox vs Bard counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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