Rek'Sai vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Rek'Sai
based on 692 Rek'Sai vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Bard
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Rek'Sai vs. Bard counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but 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 Rek'Sai and Bard
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Bard?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Bard.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower win rate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Bard.
Moreover, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a bad counter for Bard. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Bard. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Bard build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Bard than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 47.3% battling Bard with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Bard as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Bard counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.
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