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Who this champion beats in lane, and who beats it.Who counters Bard and who Bard beats
Bard is one of the trickiest supports in the game, but that knife cuts both ways. His lane presence is gated behind Cosmic Binding, a thin, slow skillshot that only hard stuns when it pins you to a wall or catches a second target, so a clean dodge leaves him with little to trade. He is squishy and often off wandering to grab chimes, which means an aggressive bot lane can punish his carry while he is away. His ultimate freezes allies as well as enemies, so a sloppy Tempered Fate can save the very target he wanted dead. To beat Bard, bring a lane that out-trades and bursts him before his shrines heal it back, or a hard engage he simply cannot peel. When you pick Bard, you are betting on map presence and game-flipping plays over raw lane stats.
Bard beats
- Singed (60% win rate, support lane)
- Ahri (58% win rate, support lane)
- Zoe (57% win rate, support lane)
- Ivern (57% win rate, support lane)
- Miss Fortune (56% win rate, support lane)
Beats Bard
- Teemo (39% win rate against Bard, support lane)
- Rell (39% win rate against Bard, support lane)
- LeBlanc (39% win rate against Bard, support lane)
- Xerath (39% win rate against Bard, support lane)
- Shaco (41% win rate against Bard, support lane)
Ranked by real match data. Patch 16.15.1, match stats refreshed Aug 17 08:20 UTC and every 30 minutes.