MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Bard vs Rengar
How often does Bard beat Rengar in Support?
Bard into Rengar in Support: 45% observed win rate across 47 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 395 gold.
Bard at 15:00
- Gold: -395
- CS: -11
- XP: +122
Typical gap to Rengar, from 47 games that reached 15:00.
Does Bard counter Rengar?
No counter here: Bard sits at 45% over 47 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 Rengar: the Bard game plan
Someone usually dies here around 3:26 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:09. 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.