Bard vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Bard
based on 2,821 Bard vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Galio
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Bard vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Bard versus Galio matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Galio. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Galio. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Galio
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Who is Better, Bard or Galio?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Galio, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Galio.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Galio, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Bard into Galioas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Galio matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Bard is a decent counter to Galio. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Galio. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Bard versus Galio build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 51.8% battling Galio with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Galio as Bard, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Bard vs Galio clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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