Bard vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Bard
based on 6,098 Bard vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Aatrox
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Bard vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Bard against Aatrox matchup stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aatrox. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Bard or Aatrox?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter for Aatrox.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Aatroxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Aatrox matchups, Bard is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Bard is a decent counter for Aatrox. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Bard versus Aatrox build include Trailblazer, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Aatrox than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Aatrox with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Aatrox as Bard, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Bard vs Aatrox battles, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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