Annie vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Annie
based on 1,674 Annie vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Bard
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Annie in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Annie versus Bard counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Annie often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Bard
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Who is Better, Annie or Bard?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when facing off against Bard, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter to Bard.
While Annie does have a lower winrate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Annie also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Annie into Bard.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie 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 team members during teamfights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Annie in order to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically racks up much more CS as Bard. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Annie versus Bard build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Bard than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Bard with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Bard as Annie, Annie players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Annie vs Bard counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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