Bard vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Bard
based on 2,871 Bard vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Neeko
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 Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Bard vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Bard against Neeko counter stats that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Neeko. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Neeko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Neeko
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Who is Better, Bard or Neeko?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Neeko, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Neeko.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Neeko, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Neekoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Neeko matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter to Neeko. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Bard against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average gets a lot less CS relative to Neeko. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Bard versus Neeko build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Bloodsong. When Bard incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Neeko than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 51.9% battling Neeko with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Neeko as Bard, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Bard vs Neeko matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.
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