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Bard

How to beat Bard

Common role: Support

A wandering caretaker with map-wide portals and a reality-freezing ult.

Best counters vs Bard

Champions with the highest win rate against Bard on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.

  1. 1EliseElise64.1%53 games
  2. 2HweiHwei65.7%32 games
  3. 3LeBlancLeBlanc62.2%35 games
  4. 4ZileanZilean58.0%164 games
  5. 5GalioGalio58.3%48 games
  6. 6Renata GlascRenata Glasc57.0%58 games
  7. 7ShacoShaco55.4%95 games
  8. 8SorakaSoraka54.4%279 games

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What makes Bard dangerous

Bard stuns you against walls (Q), roams constantly collecting chimes, opens portals through terrain for cross-map plays, drops healing shrines, and his ultimate freezes everyone (and everything) in a zone — setting up dives or stealing objectives.

How to play against Bard

Weaknesses to exploit

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Bard's abilities does — and how to play around it.

Itemization

Trade aggressively while he roams; watch portal flanks. His ult freezes allies too — sometimes walking INTO it saves you.

This guide covers Bard's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.

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