Bard vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Bard
based on 1,355 Bard vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Bard vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Bard vs. Corki matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Corki’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Corki. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Corki. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Corki
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Who is Better, Bard or Corki?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Corki, with a 56.4% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a fantastic counter for Corki.
While Bard does have a much higher winrate than Corki, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Corkias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Corki. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Corki 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Bard is a great counter for Corki. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard in order to counter Corki during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually picks up a lot less CS as Corki. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Bard versus Corki build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Corki than with most other common builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 56.4% when countering Corki with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Corki as Bard, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Bard vs Corki LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 56.4% win rate overall.
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