Jarvan IV vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Jarvan IV
based on 1,695 Jarvan IV vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Bard
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Win Against Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Jarvan IV vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Jarvan IV vs. Bard counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Jarvan IV often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Bard. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Bard
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Bard?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when trying to fight Bard, with a 45.8% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes a bad counter to Bard.
While Jarvan IV does have a much lower win rate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Jarvan IV into Bard.
Moreover, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a terribly counter for Bard. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Bard.
Other Champion Matchups Against Jarvan IV
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Bard. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Bard build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Bard than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average win rate of 45.8% battling Bard with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Bard as Jarvan IV, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Jarvan IV vs Bard clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.8% win rate overall.
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