# Bard Counters Who counters Bard? Best and worst picks against Bard by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Bard in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) ## Page Content [Bard guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) [Play against Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/how-to-play-against/) [Bard counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/counters/) Best and worst picks against Bard in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Senna, Elise and Thresh beat Bard most often. Xerath, Pyke and Senna win the laning phase against Bard by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Bard Highest win rate versus Bard in Support. - 1 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 659 games 56.5% - 2 [Elise](https://baronbuff.com/champions/elise/) 101 games 56.4% - 3 [Thresh](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/) 1,809 games 56.2% - 4 [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) 814 games 55.9% - 5 [Rell](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rell/) 389 games 55.5% - 6 [Braum](https://baronbuff.com/champions/braum/) 431 games 55.0% - 7 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 254 games 54.7% - 8 [Taric](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taric/) 158 games 54.4% - 9 [Janna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/janna/) 660 games 54.2% - 10 [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) 352 games 54.0% - 11 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 335 games 53.7% - 12 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 507 games 53.6% - 13 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 307 games 53.4% - 14 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 803 games 53.2% - 15 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 190 games 52.1% ## Worst picks against Bard Lowest win rate versus Bard in Support. - 1 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 133 games 39.1% - 2 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 118 games 44.1% - 3 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 672 games 44.8% - 4 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 403 games 44.9% - 5 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 282 games 46.8% - 6 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 172 games 47.7% - 7 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 818 games 47.8% - 8 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 419 games 48.0% - 9 [Lulu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lulu/) 1,436 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Bard Largest gold lead over Bard at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 117 games +432 - 2 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 197 games +354 - 3 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 156 games +331 - 4 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 115 games +294 - 5 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 150 games +270 - 6 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 102 games +268 - 7 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 333 games +255 - 8 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 124 games +230 - 9 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 158 games +175 - 10 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 308 games +62 ## How to play against Bard Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish his roams by pushing the wave into his partner and taking plates or vision. Back away from river-side angles when he leaves fog. - Respect missing-map pressure when your escape tools are down. Move with teammates through river so his R or Q cannot isolate a free pick. - Wait out his R before committing major engage or objective damage. Reposition immediately after it lands so the follow-up Q cannot catch multiple targets. ## Where Bard is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Bard's roaming identity leaves his lane partner exposed when opponents punish the empty side of the map. - Bard protects through disruptive utility rather than reliable shields, so direct dive can overwhelm one carry. ## Bard counters: questions ### Who counters Bard in Support? At Gold+, Senna (56.5%), Elise (56.4%) and Thresh (56.2%) have the highest win rates against Bard. ### Who does Bard counter? Bard wins most often against Ashe (39.1%), Galio (44.1%) and Yuumi (44.8%). ### Who wins lane against Bard? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Xerath (+432), Pyke (+354) and Senna (+331) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Bard. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Xerath counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/counters/) - [Pyke counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)