Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 49.17% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 120 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Hextech Gunblade, Sorcerer's Shoes, Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Luden's Echo. For runes, the strongest choice is Sorcery (Primary) with Arcane Comet (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathSorcery>Sorcery</pathSorcery> + <pathInspiration>Inspiration</pathInspiration> </pathBonus> (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Teleport. Starting items should include Health Potion, Doran's Ring, Doran's Blade, Refillable Potion, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Jayce, Kled, and Shen. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Illaoi.
Bard Summoner Spells
Bard Starting Items
Bard Runes
Bard Items
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Trinkets
Bard Boots
Average Jungle Duo Queue Champions for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate with Bard)
Best Top Lane Champions to Counter Bard Top Lane(under 49% win rate for Bard)
Even Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
