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How to Win Shaco vs Bard Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Shaco

based on 3,833 Shaco vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Bard as Shaco resulted from an evaluation of 3833 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Shaco is forced to battle against Bard in only 2.8% of his games.

Shaco vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a terrible job of countering Bard. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.9% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Shaco vs Bard rounds, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Bard.

Best Shaco vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Essence ReaverThe CollectorInfinity EdgeSerylda's Grudge

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
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Second ability for Shaco to level upe
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Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Bard as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Bard

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

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.

Shaco vs Bard Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Bard Image
6.9
< Kills >
3
6.2
< Deaths >
5.2
8.4
< Assists >
14
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
0.65
36
< Minions Killed >
33
1.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.51
7,447
< Physical Damage >
3,165
10,576
< Magic Damage >
8,522
1,700
< True Damage >
1,090
19,723
< Damage Dealt >
12,778
25,979
< Damage Taken >
22,977
11,394
< Gold Earned >
9,454
1.15
< Towers >
1.8
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,655
< Total Healing >
7,122
13,087
< Experience >
12,100
34
< Vision Score >
64
11
< Wards Placed >
28
590
< Time Dealing CC >
566

How to Counter Bard with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some influential Shaco against Bard counter stats that may help us explain the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Shaco normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Bard

Who is Better, Shaco or Bard?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes a poor counter to Bard.

While Shaco does have a lower win rate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Shaco into Bardas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Shaco also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Shaco is a trash counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

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Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Shaco, we analyzed 3,833 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 Shaco 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 learn all of the intricacies of Shaco to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Shaco versus Bard build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Bard than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 46.9% battling Bard with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Bard as Shaco, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Shaco vs Bard counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.9% winrate overall.

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