Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 33.82% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 41 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Mobility, Hextech Gunblade, Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, Statikk Shiv, and Abyssal Mask. 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 Blade, Doran's Ring, Doran's Shield, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Darius. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Trundle.
Bard Summoner Spells
Bard Starting Items
Bard Runes
Bard Items
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Trinkets
Bard Boots
Best Jungle Duo Queue Champions for Bard Top Lane(over 51% win rate with Bard)
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)
Best Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(over 51% win rate for Bard)
Even Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
