Bard vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Bard
based on 2,578 Bard vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Bard vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Bard against Talon matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Talon. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Talon. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Talon
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Who is Better, Bard or Talon?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Talon, with a 54.5% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a great counter to Talon.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Talonas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Talon 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 late stage team fights.
Bard is a great counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often picks up a lot less CS relative to Talon. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have 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 top items to have in your Bard versus Talon build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Talon than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 54.5% when playing against Talon with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Talon as Bard, Bard players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Bard vs Talon LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.5% winrate overall.
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