Zilean vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Zilean
based on 1,576 Zilean vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Bard
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several critical Zilean versus Bard counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard..
Zilean usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Bard
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Who is Better, Zilean or Bard?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually loses when trying to fight Bard, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a bad counter for Bard.
While Zilean does have a lower win rate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Bard.
Moreover, Zilean also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean 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.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean usually picks up more CS as Bard. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zilean versus Bard build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Bard with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Bard as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Zilean vs Bard LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Zilean are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.