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How to Win Mordekaiser vs Bard Counter MatchupMordekaiser is in the s tier of champions

Mordekaiser vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Mordekaiser in LoLMordekaiser is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Mordekaiser

based on 6,982 Mordekaiser vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League matches each and every week. In our data, Mordekaiser engaged Bard in 6982 games. Including so many games with Mordekaiser versus Bard gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a solid build to counter Bard. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Mordekaiser is forced to battle against Bard in only 2.6% of his games.

Mordekaiser vs Bard Matchup Summary

Mordekaiser has done a ok job of countering Bard. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.9% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Mordekaiser versus Bard rounds, Mordekaiser’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Bard.

Best Mordekaiser vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Ring

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltBlasting Wand

Core Mordekaiser Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageRiftmakerLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateJak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Mordekaiser to level upq
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Second ability for Mordekaiser to level upe
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Last skill for Mordekaiser to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Mordekaiser's passive ability p
Mordekaiser's q ability q
Mordekaiser's w ability w
Mordekaiser's e ability e
Mordekaiser's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Bard as Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Bard

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

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.

Mordekaiser vs Bard Counter Stats

Mordekaiser Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Bard Image
6.9
< Kills >
2.7
6
< Deaths >
5.1
4.8
< Assists >
13.9
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.59
160
< Minions Killed >
31
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.45
2,788
< Physical Damage >
2,950
21,286
< Magic Damage >
8,210
651
< True Damage >
1,027
24,726
< Damage Dealt >
12,188
31,961
< Damage Taken >
21,658
11,880
< Gold Earned >
9,025
2.06
< Towers >
1.64
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,510
< Total Healing >
6,596
15,162
< Experience >
11,546
17
< Vision Score >
61
8
< Wards Placed >
26
250
< Time Dealing CC >
492

How to Counter Bard with Mordekaiser in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several strategic Mordekaiser vs. Bard matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Mordekaiser typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Bard. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Mordekaiser and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Mordekaiser
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Mordekaiser
Bard

Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Bard?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Bard, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Mordekaiser makes an ok counter for Bard.

While Mordekaiser does have a higher win rate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Mordekaiser also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Mordekaiser into Bard.

Additionally, Mordekaiser has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Bard matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Mordekaiser is a decent counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Mordekaiser against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Mordekaiser

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Mordekaiser Wins Against

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Additional Information for Mordekaiser Players

How We Calculated Our Mordekaiser vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Mordekaiser, we analyzed 6,982 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Bard as Mordekaiser comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Mordekaiser Build Bard Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Mordekaiser to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Mordekaiser often accumulates much more CS as Bard. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Bard build include Spirit Visage, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Mordekaiser used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Bard than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Bard with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Bard as Mordekaiser, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Mordekaiser vs Bard counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Bard as Mordekaiser are presented for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.