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How to Win Yone vs Bard Counter MatchupYone is in the b tier of champions

Yone vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Yone in LoLYone is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Yone

based on 6,387 Yone vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
1.64
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Bard as Yone came out of an analysis of 6387 ranked games where both champions opposed one another. This matchup is fairly rare. Yone encounters Bard in only 2.7% of his games.

Yone vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yone does a dismal job of countering Bard. On average, he wins a lowly 47.2% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Yone against Bard matches, Yone’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Bard.

Best Yone vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

BloodthirsterTerminusJak'Sho, The ProteanImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Bard as Yone

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.

Yone vs Bard Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Bard Image
6.4
< Kills >
2.8
6.9
< Deaths >
4.9
4.9
< Assists >
13.9
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.6
184
< Minions Killed >
31
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.5
15,873
< Physical Damage >
2,953
4,771
< Magic Damage >
7,819
2,907
< True Damage >
1,014
23,552
< Damage Dealt >
11,786
25,709
< Damage Taken >
21,127
12,251
< Gold Earned >
8,969
2
< Towers >
1.77
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,817
< Total Healing >
6,568
14,944
< Experience >
11,481
16
< Vision Score >
60
8
< Wards Placed >
26
213
< Time Dealing CC >
501

How to Counter Bard with Yone in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Yone against Bard counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard. This observation is largely a result of the differences in killsdeaths.

Yone often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yone and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Bard

Who is Better, Yone or Bard?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Yone makes a bad counter to Bard.

While Yone does have a lower win rate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Yone into Bardas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Yone 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 allied champions during team fights.

Yone is a trash counter to Bard. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yone against Bard.

Additional Information for Yone Players

How We Calculated Our Yone vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Yone, we analyzed 6,387 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 Yone 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Yone in order to counter Bard during both the early game 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 suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone most often gets much more CS as Bard. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Yone versus Bard build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Yone used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Bard than with most other common builds. In fact, Yone boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Bard with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Bard as Yone, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Yone vs Bard fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.

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