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How to Win Leona vs Bard Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Leona in LoLLeona is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Leona

based on 3,652 Leona vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. In our dataset, Leona engaged Bard 3652 times. Including so many games with Leona versus Bard gives us faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to defeat your foe. This matchup is relatively rare. Leona is forced to battle against Bard in only 2.6% of her games.

Leona vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Leona does a below average job of countering Bard. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Leona versus Bard games, Leona’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Bard.

Best Leona vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartKnight's VowBloodsongZeke's Convergence

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Bard as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Bard

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

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.

Leona vs Bard Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Bard Image
1.9
< Kills >
2.8
6
< Deaths >
5.2
13.1
< Assists >
14.5
0.34
< Killing Sprees >
0.62
31
< Minions Killed >
30
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.5
2,813
< Physical Damage >
3,084
6,732
< Magic Damage >
8,381
1,016
< True Damage >
1,117
10,562
< Damage Dealt >
12,582
22,727
< Damage Taken >
20,650
8,419
< Gold Earned >
9,000
1.51
< Towers >
1.82
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,651
< Total Healing >
6,158
10,292
< Experience >
11,323
57
< Vision Score >
60
24
< Wards Placed >
26
218
< Time Dealing CC >
520

How to Counter Bard with Leona in LoL

The stats shown here show some strategic Leona versus Bard matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Bard..

Leona normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Bard

Who is Better, Leona or Bard?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a bad counter for Bard.

While Leona does have a lower winrate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Bard.

Additionally, Leona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Leona is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateZacZac46.9% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia46.9% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrate

Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.6% 2270 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.2% 1595 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56.7% 22899 GamesLilliaLillia+ 58.3% 8896 Games

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Leona, we analyzed 3,652 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 Leona 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Bard. Champions who on average don't earn 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Leona versus Bard build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Bard with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Bard as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Leona vs Bard counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.

If you want to see Leona vs Bard tips and counter stats for a a distinct skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides shown are calculated using every match with data with these champs.