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Bard

Bard Support

the Wandering Caretaker
Champion Win Rate: 50.9%
Pick Rate: 4.2%
Ban Rate: 0.7%
Analyzed: 19216 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.13.1 (25.13.1)
Support ARAM

Bard Roles

Bard

  • Support
    (Support - 98.5%) 18918 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 19535 ARAM games

Bard Support Stats

51.1%
Win Rate (Role)
98.5%
Support (Role Rate)
0.7%
Ban Rate
0.0000
Penta/Game
3.2
Kills/Game
5.7
Deaths/Game
14.2
Assists/Game
0.83
Wards/Min
0.97
CS/Min
297
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 27.0%
Magic: 61.6%
True: 11.36%

Overall Champion Matrix

Bard Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
51.1% Win Rate 8.3% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate
Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
51.1% Win Rate 7.9% Pick Rate

Bard Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Oracle Lens
Oracle Lens (0 gold) Active (160 - 100s, max 2 charges)
Reveals enemy Stealth Wards and traps around you for 6 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
52.1% Win Rate 10.4% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
51.3% Win Rate 57.7% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
49.9% Win Rate 19.5% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
55.4% Win Rate 7.9% Pick Rate
Core Build
Winged Moonplate
Winged Moonplate (800 gold) 200 Health
4% Move Speed
->
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate (2900 gold) 350 Health
55 Armor
4% Move Speed
Shipwrecker
While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage.
Unsinkable
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
Wit's End
Wit's End (2800 gold) 50% Attack Speed
45 Magic Resist
20% Tenacity
Fray
Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
52.9% Win Rate 9.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Shurelya's Battlesong
Shurelya's Battlesong (2200 gold) 50 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
125% Base Mana Regen
Inspiring Speech
Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
36.6% Win Rate 12.1% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Cloth Armor
Cloth Armor (300 gold) 15 Armor
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
67.6% Win Rate 0.1% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
55.4% Win Rate 7.9% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
53.0% Win Rate 4.1% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
51.3% Win Rate 57.7% Pick Rate
Core Build
Winged Moonplate
Winged Moonplate (800 gold) 200 Health
4% Move Speed
->
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate (2900 gold) 350 Health
55 Armor
4% Move Speed
Shipwrecker
While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage.
Unsinkable
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
Wit's End
Wit's End (2800 gold) 50% Attack Speed
45 Magic Resist
20% Tenacity
Fray
Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
66.5% Win Rate 1.4% Pick Rate
Final Build
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
58.9% Win Rate 7.6% Pick Rate
Other Items
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
50.1% Win Rate 10.8% Pick Rate
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
58.9% Win Rate 7.6% Pick Rate
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist
Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
57.3% Win Rate 5.4% Pick Rate
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
58.3% Win Rate 5.3% Pick Rate
Statikk Shiv
Statikk Shiv (2700 gold) 45 Attack Damage
30% Attack Speed
4% Move Speed
Electrospark
Attacks trigger chain lightning On-Hit, dealing magic damage with a cooldown.
Electroshock
Takedowns within 3 seconds of damaging the target reset Electrospark's cooldown.
45.8% Win Rate 4.9% Pick Rate
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon (2950 gold) 75 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Grievous Wounds
Dealing magic damage to champions applies 40% Wounds for 3 seconds.
54.2% Win Rate 4.9% Pick Rate
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth (3000 gold) 80 Ability Power
50% Attack Speed
15 Ability Haste
Icathian Bite
Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
37.6% Win Rate 3.5% Pick Rate

Bard Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Deep Ward
Deep Ward

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep. Deep wards gain +1 extra Health and +[…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Celerity
Celerity

Celerity

All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Scorch
Scorch

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

50.4% Win Rate 44.5% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Deep Ward
Deep Ward

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep. Deep wards gain +1 extra Health and +[…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

54.3% Win Rate 5.0% Pick Rate

Bard best with

Kassadin Synergy Champion
+7.2%
Kassadin
Kassadin
Warwick Synergy Champion
+5.1%
Warwick
Warwick

Bard Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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2
3
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9
10
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
50.7% Win Rate 70.1% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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17
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
56.1% Win Rate 0.6% Pick Rate

Countered by Bard

Mel - countered by Bard
+7.6%
Mel
Mel
Neeko - countered by Bard
+3.3%
Neeko
Neeko
Senna - countered by Bard
+2.2%
Senna
Senna
Pyke - countered by Bard
+3.1%
Pyke
Pyke
Swain - countered by Bard
+2.0%
Swain
Swain
Alistar - countered by Bard
+3.4%
Alistar
Alistar
Tahm Kench - countered by Bard
+2.1%
Tahm Kench
Tahm Kench
Leona - countered by Bard
+3.5%
Leona
Leona
Taric - countered by Bard
+5.0%
Taric
Taric
Blitzcrank - countered by Bard
+1.8%
Blitzcrank
Blitzcrank
Karma - countered by Bard
+1.8%
Karma
Karma

Bard Counterpicks

Seraphine - effective counter againstBard
-3.2%
Seraphine
Seraphine
Sona - effective counter againstBard
-3.4%
Sona
Sona
Milio - effective counter againstBard
-3.1%
Milio
Milio
Yuumi - effective counter againstBard
-1.3%
Yuumi
Yuumi
Brand - effective counter againstBard
-2.6%
Brand
Brand
Elise - effective counter againstBard
-2.6%
Elise
Elise
Janna - effective counter againstBard
-2.3%
Janna
Janna
Shaco - effective counter againstBard
-2.2%
Shaco
Shaco
Lulu - effective counter againstBard
-1.3%
Lulu
Lulu
Vel'Koz - effective counter againstBard
-1.3%
Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz
Poppy - effective counter againstBard
-1.2%
Poppy
Poppy

Bard Support Lane Matchups

Bard
+2.2%
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Bard vs Senna
Bard
+3.4%
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Bard vs Alistar
Bard
+1.8%
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Bard vs Blitzcrank
Bard
+3.4%
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Bard vs Braum
Bard
-6.2%
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Bard vs Fiddlesticks
Bard
-2.3%
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Bard vs Janna
Bard
+1.8%
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Bard vs Karma
Bard
+3.5%
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Bard vs Leona
Bard
-1.3%
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Bard vs Lulu
Bard
+1.1%
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Bard vs Lux
Bard
+7.6%
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Bard vs Mel
Bard
-3.1%
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Bard vs Milio
Bard
+1.7%
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Bard vs Morgana
Bard
+1.8%
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Bard vs Nami
Bard
-2.3%
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Bard vs Nautilus
Bard
+3.1%
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Bard vs Pyke
Bard
+1.6%
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Bard vs Rakan
Bard
+1.4%
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Bard vs Rell
Bard
-3.2%
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Bard vs Seraphine
Bard
-3.4%
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Bard vs Sona
Bard
+1.4%
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Bard vs Soraka
Bard
+1.6%
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Bard vs Thresh
Bard
-1.3%
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Bard vs Vel'Koz
Bard
+1.0%
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Bard vs Xerath
Bard
-1.3%
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Bard vs Yuumi
Bard
+1.6%
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Bard vs Zyra

Bard lore:

A traveler from beyond the stars, Bard is an agent of serendipity who fights to maintain a balance where life can endure the indifference of chaos. Many Runeterrans sing songs that ponder his extraordinary nature, yet they all agree that the cosmic vagabond is drawn to artifacts of great magical power. Surrounded by a jubilant choir of helpful spirit meeps, it is impossible to mistake his actions as malevolent, as Bard always serves the greater good... in his own odd way.

Bard tips:

  • 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.
  • Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
  • Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!

Playing Against Bard

  • Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
  • You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
  • Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!

Bard abilities description:

Traveler's Call
P
Traveler's Call (passive)
Meeps: Bard attracts lesser spirits that assist with his basic attacks to deal extra magic damage. When Bard has collected enough Chimes, his meeps will also deal damage in an area and slow enemies hit.

Chimes: Ancient chimes randomly appear for Bard to collect. These grant experience, restore mana, and provide out of combat Move Speed.
Cosmic Binding
Q
Cosmic Binding (Q)
Bard fires a missile which will slow the first enemy struck, and continue onward. If it strikes a wall, it will stun the initial target; if it strikes another enemy, it will stun them both.
Caretaker's Shrine
W
Caretaker's Shrine (W)
Reveals a Health shrine which powers up over a short time, disappearing after healing and speeding up the first ally that touches it.
Magical Journey
E
Magical Journey (E)
Bard opens a portal in nearby terrain. Allies and enemies alike can take a one-way trip through that terrain by moving into the portal.
Tempered Fate
R
Tempered Fate (R)
Bard sends spirit energy arcing to a location, putting all champions, minions, monsters, and turrets hit into stasis for a brief time.