Anivia vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Anivia
based on 1,612 Anivia vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Bard
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Anivia vs. Bard counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Anivia usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Bard
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Who is Better, Anivia or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a poor counter to Bard.
While Anivia does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Anivia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Bardas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Anivia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Anivia is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep 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 significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia usually picks up much more CS compared to Bard. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Bard build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Anivia included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Bard than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 48.6% battling Bard with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Bard as Anivia, Anivia players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Anivia vs Bard counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
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