Bard vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Bard
based on 1,332 Bard vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Sivir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Bard vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Bard in LoL
The stats provided here show some significant Bard versus Sivir counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sivir. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Sivir
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Who is Better, Bard or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Sivir, with a 56.0% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a fantastic counter for Sivir.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate than Sivir, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Siviras his relative depth means 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 Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Sivir matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Bard is a great counter for Sivir. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to counter Sivir during both the lane 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Sivir. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Bard versus Sivir build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Sivir than with most other common builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 56.0% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Sivir as Bard, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Bard vs Sivir clashes, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 56.0% win rate overall.
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