Renekton vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Renekton
based on 1,860 Renekton vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Renekton vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Bard
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Renekton in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several significant Renekton versus Bard counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Renekton typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Bard. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Renekton and Bard
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Who is Better, Renekton or Bard?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Renekton usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 44.5% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes a poor counter to Bard.
While Renekton does have a much lower winrate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Renekton also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Renekton into Bard.
Additionally, Renekton also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Renekton is a trash counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Renekton against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Renekton in order to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton often gets much more CS compared to Bard. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, 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 surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Renekton versus Bard build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin. When Renekton bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Bard than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Renekton had an average winrate of 44.5% when playing against Bard with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Bard as Renekton, Renekton players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Renekton vs Bard counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.5% winrate overall.
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