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How to Win Lulu vs Bard Counter MatchupLulu is in the b tier of champions

Lulu vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Lulu in LoLLulu is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Lulu

based on 1,777 Lulu vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
3
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Bard as Lulu came out of an analysis of 1777 ranked rounds where both champions battled each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Lulu is forced to battle against Bard in only 3.1% of her rounds.

Lulu vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a terrible job of beating Bard. On average, she wins a lowly 46.1% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Lulu versus Bard matches, Lulu’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Bard.

Best Lulu vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
Mikael's BlessingArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lulu to level upe
>
Second ability for Lulu to level upw
>
Last skill for Lulu to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Bard as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Bard

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

Advice to Win Against Bard

You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.

Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!

Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.

Lulu vs Bard Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Bard Image
1.4
< Kills >
2.5
5.1
< Deaths >
4.6
13.9
< Assists >
13.6
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
0.53
27
< Minions Killed >
30
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,089
< Physical Damage >
2,864
6,072
< Magic Damage >
7,705
530
< True Damage >
982
7,692
< Damage Dealt >
11,552
16,059
< Damage Taken >
20,360
8,262
< Gold Earned >
8,873
2.22
< Towers >
1.97
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,147
< Total Healing >
6,510
10,452
< Experience >
11,204
61
< Vision Score >
64
27
< Wards Placed >
28
239
< Time Dealing CC >
492

How to Counter Bard with Lulu in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Lulu vs. Bard counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Bard..

Lulu usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lulu and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Bard

Who is Better, Lulu or Bard?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lulu usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 46.1% win rate. As a result, Lulu makes a poor counter to Bard.

While Lulu does have a lower winrate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Lulu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lulu into Bard.

Furthermore, Lulu also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Lulu is a bad counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lulu against Bard.

Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Lulu, we analyzed 1,777 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 Bard as Lulu 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 Lulu to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Bard. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Lulu versus Bard build consist of Mikael's Blessing, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Lulu bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Bard than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lulu boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing against Bard with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Bard as Lulu, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lulu vs Bard counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.1% winrate overall.

If you want to get Lulu vs Bard tips and counter stats for a a specific division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using every game run with these champions.