Bard vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Bard
based on 5,450 Bard vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Bard vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Bard against Vayne matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vayne. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Vayne
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Who is Better, Bard or Vayne?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vayne, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes an ok counter to Vayne.
While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Vayne, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Bard into Vayneas his relative depth means that 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 Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Vayne matchups, Bard is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter to Vayne. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually picks up a lot less CS as Vayne. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Bard versus Vayne build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Vayne than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 50.4% battling Vayne with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Vayne as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Bard vs Vayne matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vayne as Bard are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.