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Rumble vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Rumble in LoLRumble is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Rumble

based on 2,071 Rumble vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Bard as Rumble came out of an examination of 2071 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Rumble encounters Bard in only 3.1% of his matches.

Rumble vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rumble does a poor job of countering Bard. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Rumble against Bard games, Rumble’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Bard.

Best Rumble vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Rumble Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Void StaffRiftmakerStormsurgeHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometNimbus CloakAbsolute FocusScorch
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Rumble's passive ability p
Rumble's q ability q
Rumble's w ability w
Rumble's e ability e
Rumble's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Bard as Rumble

Tips for Playing as Rumble against Bard

Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.

If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.

Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.

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.

Rumble vs Bard Counter Stats

Rumble Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Bard Image
6.8
< Kills >
2.7
6.4
< Deaths >
5.1
6.7
< Assists >
14.1
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
0.57
146
< Minions Killed >
30
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.51
947
< Physical Damage >
2,896
23,087
< Magic Damage >
7,812
1,122
< True Damage >
993
25,157
< Damage Dealt >
11,701
25,099
< Damage Taken >
21,490
11,601
< Gold Earned >
8,983
1.53
< Towers >
1.77
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,772
< Total Healing >
6,604
14,251
< Experience >
11,359
19
< Vision Score >
64
9
< Wards Placed >
28
279
< Time Dealing CC >
464

How to Counter Bard with Rumble in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some strategic Rumble vs. Bard counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between these two champions. As an example, Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Bard. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Rumble normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rumble and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Rumble
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rumble
Bard

Who is Better, Rumble or Bard?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rumble usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Rumble makes a bad counter to Bard.

While Rumble does have a lower winrate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Rumble also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rumble into Bardas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Rumble has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Rumble is a bad counter to Bard. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rumble against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rumble

Rumble Loses Against

Kog'MawKog'Maw44.8% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger45.3% winrateZyraZyra45.6% winrateIvernIvern45.7% winrate

Rumble Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai55.4% winrateZeriZeri54.6% winrateSivirSivir54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 53.1% 620 GamesFioraFiora+ 54.3% 731 GamesCamilleCamille+ 54.4% 482 GamesKledKled+ 56.1% 426 Games

Additional Information for Rumble Players

How We Calculated Our Rumble vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Rumble, we analyzed 2,071 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 Rumble 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rumble in order to counter Bard during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rumble typically gets much more CS compared to Bard. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions 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 values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Rumble versus Bard build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Bard than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rumble had an average winrate of 47.8% battling Bard with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Bard as Rumble, you should take the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Rumble vs Bard fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.

If you need to see Rumble versus Bard tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and guides given are calculated using every match played with both champions.