Viego vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Viego
based on 4,288 Viego vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Viego
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.
Viego vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Viego in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Viego vs. Bard matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Viego typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they takes more damage than Bard. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viego and Bard
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Who is Better, Viego or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viego usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Viego makes a poor counter to Bard.
While Viego does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Viego also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Bard.
Additionally, Viego has some amount of utility and CC, 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Viego is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viego in order to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Viego versus Bard build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better when facing Bard than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Viego had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Bard with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Bard as Viego, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Viego vs Bard counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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