MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Bard vs Hwei
How often does Bard beat Hwei in Support?
Bard into Hwei in Support: 58% observed win rate across 195 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Bard ahead by 51 gold.
Does Bard counter Hwei?
The numbers say yes: across 195 ranked Support games into Hwei, Bard takes 58% — past the noise band for this sample. Read from Hwei's side, the same games give the mirror rate, and every number here shows the games behind it.
Beating Hwei: the Bard game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Bard at 68% across 96 games. Flip the lead and Bard falls to 48% across 99.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 68% | 96 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 48% | 99 |
| First blood | 63% | 78 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 64% | 67 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 48% | 42 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 68% | 50 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:37 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 8:58. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Bard's Support build, with receipts
Into Hwei specifically, Bard finishes Dead Man's Plate first most often: 53.7% over 54 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Bard core is Dead Man's Plate, Bandlepipes, Locket of the Iron Solari: 55.0% across 1,156 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 16.1-16.12.
Most games start Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Dead Man's Plate (23,902 games).
Skill plan: Bard players max Q first and take Q at level 1.