Bard vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Bard
based on 1,925 Bard vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against LeBlanc
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Bard vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Bard vs. LeBlanc matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than LeBlanc. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Bard or LeBlanc?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight LeBlanc, with a 56.1% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a fantastic counter to LeBlanc.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate compared to LeBlanc, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into LeBlancas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs LeBlanc matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Bard is a great counter to LeBlanc. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter LeBlanc during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often racks up a lot less CS compared to LeBlanc. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Bard versus LeBlanc build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting LeBlanc than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 56.1% when playing against LeBlanc with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against LeBlanc as Bard, Bard players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Bard vs LeBlanc clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.1% win rate overall.
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