Bard is ranked Tier and has a 21.43% win rate in LoL ARAM Patch 25.16. We've analyzed 8 Bard games to compile our statistical Bard ARAM Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Heartsteel, Locket of the Iron Solari, Mercury's Treads, Redemption, Nashor's Tooth, and Warmog's Armor. For runes, the strongest choice is Resolve (Primary) with Grasp of the Undying (Keystone), and Precision (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Clarity. Starting items should include Kindlegem and Null-Magic Mantle. Bard's Best ARAM counters are Ahri.
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Bard Summoner Spells


Win %
Pick %
38%
100%
100%
13%

100%
13%

25%
50%

0%
25%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %


100%
13%


100%
13%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
75%
17%
46%
27%
60%
21%
0%
13%
Bard Items

50%

100%

100%

100%

33%

100%

100%
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Item Purchase Order




















Bard Situational Items
Win %
Buy %

50%
25%

100%
13%

0%
25%

0%
13%

0%
25%

0%
13%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %

100%
25%

33%
38%

0%
13%

0%
25%