Qiyana vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Qiyana
based on 1,519 Qiyana vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Qiyana vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Qiyana vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Qiyana
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.
Qiyana vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Qiyana in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Qiyana against Bard counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Bard. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Qiyana often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Qiyana and Bard
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Who is Better, Qiyana or Bard?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 44.0% win rate. As a result, Qiyana makes a poor counter for Bard.
While Qiyana does have a much lower win rate compared to Bard, when on opposite teams, Qiyana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Qiyana into Bardas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Qiyana has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Qiyana 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 teamfights.
Qiyana is a garbage counter for Bard. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Qiyana against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Qiyana in order to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Qiyana on average gets much more CS compared to Bard. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Qiyana versus Bard build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Qiyana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Bard than with many other common item sets. In fact, Qiyana had an average winrate of 44.0% when countering Bard with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Bard as Qiyana, Qiyana players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Qiyana vs Bard counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.0% win rate overall.
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