MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Bard vs Karma
How often does Bard beat Karma in Support?
Bard into Karma in Support: 50% observed win rate across 4,604 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Bard ahead by 114 gold.
Does Bard counter Karma?
Too close for a counter call: Bard sits at 50% over 4,604 games, inside the noise band. On this sample neither pick counters the other — the swing lives in the conditions below, so play the side you know better.
Beating Karma: the Bard game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Bard at 59% across 2,454 games. Flip the lead and Bard falls to 40% across 2,145.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 59% | 2,454 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 40% | 2,145 |
| First blood | 56% | 1,635 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 55% | 1,643 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 47% | 1,412 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 60% | 1,106 |
| 0 deaths at 15:00 | 66% | 440 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:46 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:06. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Bard's Support build, with receipts
Into Karma specifically, Bard finishes Dead Man's Plate first most often: 51.2% over 1,349 games of this matchup.
The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Dead Man's Plate, Bandlepipes, Locket of the Iron Solari: 48.9% across 45 games.
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.