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Bard

ARAMC tier
47.3% win rate 4.5% pick 4.2 KDA 319 games

ARAM recommendations

Patch 26.17 · All regions · 319 champion games

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
53.1%win rate · 32 games
Starting items
Refillable PotionLost Chapter
50.0%win rate · 32 games
Summoner spells
FlashMark
28.6%win rate · 21 games
Skill order
50.0%win rate · 48 games

ARAM modifiers. We don't have reliable ARAM modifier data for this patch yet.

Rune pages

Share of this build's games, then win rate
Domination
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
Precision
Absorb Life
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Haste
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
16 games on this page · 50.0% win rate

Ability order

Tap or hover an ability for its description
Max Q, then W, then ECosmic Binding→Caretaker's Shrine→Magical Journey
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Cosmic Binding
Q · Cosmic Binding

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.

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Caretaker's Shrine
W · Caretaker's Shrine

Reveals a Health shrine which powers up over a short time, disappearing after healing and speeding up the first ally that touches it.

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Magical Journey
E · Magical Journey

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.

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Tempered Fate
R · Tempered Fate

Bard sends spirit energy arcing to a location, putting all champions, minions, monsters, and turrets hit into stasis for a brief time.

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Builds

Share of this champion's games

Summoner spells

FlashMark

Starting items

Refillable PotionLost Chapter

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Core purchase order

Luden's Echo→Lich Bane→Rapid Firecannon

Situational items

Pick rate, then games
4th item
Nashor's Tooth11.8% pick2 games
Stormsurge11.8% pick2 games
5th item
Rabadon's Deathcap33.3% pick3 games
Nashor's Tooth22.2% pick2 games
Morellonomicon11.1% pick1 game