Bard vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Bard
based on 1,695 Bard vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Bard vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Bard in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several influential Bard versus Jarvan IV counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jarvan IV..
Bard normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Bard or Jarvan IV?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Jarvan IV, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a great counter for Jarvan IV.
While Bard does have a much higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Jarvan IVas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Bard vs Jarvan IV 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 great counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jarvan IV. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Bard versus Jarvan IV build include Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Jarvan IV than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 54.2% battling Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Jarvan IV as Bard, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Bard vs Jarvan IV LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Jarvan IV as Bard are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.