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How to Win Bard vs Renekton Counter MatchupBard is in the s tier of champions

Bard vs Renekton

How to Beat Renekton as Bard in LoLBard is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Renekton as Bard

based on 1,860 Bard vs Renekton matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
3.49
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. In our dataset, Bard faced Renekton 1860 times. Including so many games with Bard vs Renekton provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide useful statistics and a pro build to defeat Renekton. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Bard has to counter Renekton in only 1.7% of his rounds.

Bard vs Renekton Matchup Summary

Bard has done a great job of countering Renekton. Typically, he wins a fantastic 55.5% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Bard versus Renekton rounds, Bard’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Renekton.

Best Bard vs Renekton Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartBloodsongImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Knight's VowKaenic RookernThornmailTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
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Second ability for Bard to level upw
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Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Renekton as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Renekton

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 Renekton

Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.

Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will usually signify when he is about to attack.

Bard vs Renekton Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
Renekton Image
2.7
< Kills >
5.4
4.9
< Deaths >
6.2
14.4
< Assists >
5
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
29
< Minions Killed >
187
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.4
3,096
< Physical Damage >
16,540
8,338
< Magic Damage >
2,993
1,076
< True Damage >
803
12,511
< Damage Dealt >
20,337
20,711
< Damage Taken >
35,800
8,980
< Gold Earned >
11,727
1.82
< Towers >
2.17
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,557
< Total Healing >
10,164
11,340
< Experience >
14,616
63
< Vision Score >
17
27
< Wards Placed >
8
489
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Renekton with Bard in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Bard against Renekton counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Renekton’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Renekton. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Bard typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Renekton. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Renekton

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Renekton
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Renekton

Who is Better, Bard or Renekton?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when facing off against Renekton, with a 55.5% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a fantastic counter to Renekton.

While Bard does have a much higher win rate than Renekton, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Renektonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Renekton. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Renekton matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Bard is a great counter to Renekton. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Renekton.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Renekton Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Renekton as Bard, we analyzed 1,860 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 Renekton as Bard 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 Bard to counter Renekton during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Renekton. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Bard versus Renekton build consist of Frozen Heart, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Renekton than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 55.5% when playing against Renekton with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Renekton as Bard, you 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 runes that we analyzed for Bard vs Renekton LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.5% win rate overall.

If you need to get Bard vs Renekton tips and counter builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and build suggestions shown are calculated using every match completed with both champs.