Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 29.72% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 57 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Mobility, Statikk Shiv, Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, Infinity Edge, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For runes, the strongest choice is Precision (Primary) with Fleet Footwork (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathPrecision>Precision</pathPrecision> + <pathDomination>Domination</pathDomination> </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, Corrupting Potion, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Gangplank, Gnar, and Kennen.
Bard Summoner Spells
Bard Starting Items
Bard Runes
Bard Items
Bard Skill Order
 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
 | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
 | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
 | R | R | R |
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)
Even Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
