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How to Win Bard vs Lillia Counter MatchupBard is in the s tier of champions

Bard vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Bard in LoLBard is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Bard

based on 6,751 Bard vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
3.12
Pick Rate
6.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League rounds every week. Within our dataset, Bard engaged Lillia 6751 times. With so many matchups for Bard vs Lillia provides us confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening statistics and a solid build to suppress your foe. This particular counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Bard is forced to battle against Lillia in only 6.2% of his games.

Bard vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Bard has done a terrible job of beating Lillia. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.4% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Bard vs Lillia games, Bard’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Lillia.

Best Bard vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSolstice SleighImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Force of NatureAbyssal MaskKnight's VowRedemption

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
>
Second ability for Bard to level upw
>
Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lillia as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Lillia

Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!

Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.

It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.

Bard vs Lillia Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Lillia Image
2.6
< Kills >
6.7
5.2
< Deaths >
5.4
13.6
< Assists >
8.3
0.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
30
< Minions Killed >
46
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.39
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.44
3,090
< Physical Damage >
837
8,261
< Magic Damage >
17,193
1,075
< True Damage >
5,465
12,427
< Damage Dealt >
23,496
22,098
< Damage Taken >
41,184
8,933
< Gold Earned >
12,238
1.61
< Towers >
1.4
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
6,715
< Total Healing >
23,539
11,373
< Experience >
14,368
62
< Vision Score >
21
27
< Wards Placed >
6
470
< Time Dealing CC >
435

How to Counter Lillia with Bard in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Bard versus Lillia counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lillia. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Lillia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Lillia

Who is Better, Bard or Lillia?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually loses when taking on Lillia, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a poor counter for Lillia.

While Bard does have a lower winrate compared to Lillia, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Bard into Lilliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Bard is a bad counter to Lillia. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Lillia.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Bard, we analyzed 6,751 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lillia as Bard comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Lillia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard typically gets less CS compared to Lillia. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Bard versus Lillia build include Kaenic Rookern, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Lillia than with many other common builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 46.4% battling Lillia with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Lillia as Bard, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Bard vs Lillia LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lillia as Bard are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.