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
Elise64.1%53 games
- 2
Hwei65.7%32 games
- 3
LeBlanc62.2%35 games
- 4
Zilean58.0%164 games
- 5
Galio58.3%48 games
- 6
Renata Glasc57.0%58 games
- 7
Shaco55.4%95 games
- 8
Soraka54.4%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
- 1Punish his ADC when Bard roams — trade tempo for tempo.
- 2Don't line up with walls or minions — that's his Q stun setup.
- 3His ult also freezes towers and objectives — expect Baron/dive plays.
- 4Step on his shrines to deny the heal charge-up.
Weaknesses to exploit
- ✓His lane presence is weak when chimes pull him away.
- ✓Q needs a wall or second target to stun — deny the geometry.
- ✓The ult is neutral: it can save YOU or freeze his own team.
- ✓Squishy and cooldown-bound in straight 2v2s.
Abilities & how to counter them
What each of Bard's abilities does — and how to play around it.
P
방랑자의 부름정령: 바드에게 이끌려 모여든 정령들이 바드의 기본 공격을 도와 추가 마법 피해를 입힙니다. 바드가 고대의 종을 충분히 모으면 정령이 일정 영역에 피해를 입히며 적중당한 적을 둔화시킵니다.고대의 종: 맵상의 무작위 장소에 바드가 모을 수 있는 고대의 종이 나타납니다. 고대의 종을 획득하면 경험치, 마나 회복 효과, 비전투 시 이동 속도를 얻습니다.
Strong: chimes power his poke and give roaming value. Weak: chime greed empties his lane — punish the ADC 2v1.
Q
우주의 결속바드가 투사체를 발사하여, 처음 적중하는 적을 둔화시키고 관통합니다. 관통한 후 벽을 맞히면 처음 적중한 적을 기절시킵니다. 관통 후 다른 적에게 적중하면 두 대상을 모두 기절시킵니다.
Strong: stuns through a minion or against walls. Weak: needs the geometry — stand free of walls and it's just a slow.
W
수호자의 성소짧은 시간 동안 치유력이 증가하는 체력 회복 성소를 드러냅니다. 성소는 처음 발을 들이는 아군을 치유하고 속도를 높인 후 사라집니다.
Strong: healing shrines sustain his lane and roams. Weak: shrines charge over time — step on them early to deny full value.
E
신비한 차원문바드가 근처 지형지물에 차원문을 엽니다. 아군과 적 챔피언이 모두 이 차원문을 이용해 정해진 방향으로 해당 지형지물을 통과할 수 있습니다.
Strong: portals through walls move his whole team unexpectedly. Weak: enemies can use them too — follow through and collapse.
R
운명의 소용돌이바드가 목표 지점에 영적 에너지를 발사하여 잠시 동안 모든 유닛과 포탑을 정지시킵니다.
Strong: freezes everyone in a zone — dives, saves, objective steals. Weak: it protects targets too (stasis) — sometimes it saves YOU.
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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