@smberg that's entirely my bad, you are correct. I hadn't even realized. My apologies. Welp I still recommend that build and think it'll perform very well, but yeah, if you want Counterspell you'll need to go something like Lore Bard 6 / Ranger 5 / Wizard 1 which loses out on Slashing Flourish and thus makes for a much weaker build overall, or skip the Wiz and go Bard 7 / Ranger 5 as you had recommended, or go Bard 6 / Sorc or Wiz 5 / Ranger 1 which is missing the fighting style, horde breaker, ranger spells, and a few other things.
