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Bard vs Milio

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How to Beat Milio as Bard

based on 2,910 Bard vs Milio matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
3.52
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Milio as Bard came out of an analysis of 2910 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This pairing is fairly rare. Bard encounters Milio in only 2.7% of his matches.

Bard vs Milio Matchup Summary

Bard has done a good job of beating Milio. Normally, he wins a terrific 52.1% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Bard vs Milio games, Bard’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Milio.

Best Bard vs Milio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernBloodsongImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartShurelya's BattlesongLocket of the Iron Solari

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level upq
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Second ability for Bard to level upw
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Last skill for Bard to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Bard's passive ability p
Bard's q ability q
Bard's w ability w
Bard's e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Milio as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Milio

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 Milio

Catching Milio with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Milio.

Milio's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Bard vs Milio Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Milio Image
2.2
< Kills >
0.7
4.2
< Deaths >
4.2
12.6
< Assists >
14.2
0.46
< Killing Sprees >
0.09
29
< Minions Killed >
26
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
2,675
< Physical Damage >
964
7,280
< Magic Damage >
4,138
933
< True Damage >
257
10,889
< Damage Dealt >
5,359
19,681
< Damage Taken >
14,785
8,556
< Gold Earned >
7,877
1.83
< Towers >
2.29
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0
6,432
< Total Healing >
8,949
10,866
< Experience >
10,234
64
< Vision Score >
60
28
< Wards Placed >
25
461
< Time Dealing CC >
144

How to Counter Milio with Bard in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several strategic Bard against Milio matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Milio’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Milio..

Bard normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Milio. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Milio

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Milio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Milio

Who is Better, Bard or Milio?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Milio, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter for Milio.

While Bard does have a higher win rate than Milio, when facing one another, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Milioas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Milio. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Milio matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Bard is a good counter to Milio. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Milio.

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Milio Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Milio as Bard, we analyzed 2,910 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Milio as Bard comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Milio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard usually gets a similar amount of CS as Milio. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Bard versus Milio build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Milio than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when playing against Milio with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Milio as Bard, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Bard vs Milio clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Milio as Bard are presented for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.