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Bard

SupportB tierAll ranks
49.8% win rate 4.6% pick 2.8% ban 3.1 KDA 17,956 games

Strong against

Struggles against

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
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades
Shards
Attack Speed
Move Speed
Health Scaling
2,462 games on this page · 50.1% 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 champion-role games

Summoner spells

FlashIgnite

Boots

Boots of Swiftness

Core purchase order

Dead Man's Plate→Locket of the Iron Solari→Bandlepipes

Situational items

Pick rate, then win rate
4th item
Redemption15.1% pick58.9% win
5th item
Redemption21.8% pick19 games
Mikael's Blessing10.3% pick9 games

Synergizes with

Fiora58.3%384 games
Lux56.0%493 games
Seraphine56.5%315 games
Sejuani58.1%186 games
Wukong54.7%572 games

Stats

Performance

avg / game
CS / min0.9
Gold / min317
Damage to champs11,896
Kill participation57%
Vision score86
Damage share12%

Win by game length

Centre line is 50%
<2550.3%5,402 games
25-3049.6%5,540 games
30-3550.7%4,361 games
35+48.0%2,653 games

Damage profile

17,956 games measured
Builds Mixed 84%CC 1.74/min · 93rd pctFrontline 63%

Damage dealt to champions in this role. The build label comes from items, so it can differ from the damage split.

Objective impact

Win rate with vs without · correlation, not causation
How often this champion or its team takes each objective first, and the win rate with and without it
ObjectiveTaken firstWin withWin withoutGap
First blood17,956 games7.4%53.9%49.5%+4.4 pts
First tower17,956 games1.2%70.8%49.6%+21.2 pts
First dragon (team)18,022 games48.5%62.2%38.1%+24.1 pts
First herald (team)18,022 games41.0%65.9%38.6%+27.3 pts
First baron (team)18,022 games36.7%80.0%32.3%+47.7 pts
First voidgrubs (team)18,022 games50.7%54.5%45.0%+9.5 pts