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Bard vs Qiyana

How often does Bard beat Qiyana in Support?

Bard into Qiyana in Support: 37% observed win rate across 41 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Bard behind by 1,233 gold.

Bard at 15:00

Typical gap to Qiyana, from 41 games that reached 15:00.

Does Bard counter Qiyana?

No counter here: Bard sits at 37% over 41 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Qiyana: the Bard game plan

Someone usually dies here around 5:35 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:30. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Bard's Support build, with receipts

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 26.1-26.12.

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.

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