Bard vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Bard
based on 1,647 Bard vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Aurelion Sol
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 Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Bard vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Bard against Aurelion Sol matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aurelion Sol. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Aurelion Sol. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Bard or Aurelion Sol?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Aurelion Sol, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter to Aurelion Sol.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Aurelion Sol, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Aurelion Solas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Bard is a good counter to Aurelion Sol. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Aurelion Sol. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Bard versus Aurelion Sol build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Aurelion Sol than with most other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Aurelion Sol with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Aurelion Sol as Bard, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Bard vs Aurelion Sol counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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