Tier: Off MetaWin46.22%Role1.66%Pick0.06%Ban0.72%Games: 72KDA: 3.94Score: 49.38
Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 46.22% win rate in LoL Patch 14.12. We've analyzed 72 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Swiftness, Warmog's Armor, Liandry's Torment, Mejai's Soulstealer, Dead Man's Plate, and Rapid Firecannon. For runes, the strongest choice is Precision (Primary) with Fleet Footwork (Keystone), and Resolve (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Ignite. Starting items should include Boots and Stealth Ward. Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Garen, Gragas, and Jax. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Aatrox and Tryndamere.
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Bard Summoner Spells
![Flash](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/spell/SummonerFlash.png)
![Ignite](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/spell/SummonerDot.png)
Win %
Pick %
58%
99%
50%
36%
![Smite](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/spell/SummonerSmite.png)
63%
26%
![Exhaust](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/spell/SummonerExhaust.png)
54%
18%
![Ghost](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/spell/SummonerHaste.png)
83%
8%
![Teleport](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/spell/SummonerTeleport.png)
50%
11%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %
![Boots](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/1001.png)
![Stealth Ward](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3340.png)
100%
4%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
50%
44%
76%
24%
69%
7%
88%
4%
Bard Items
![Boots of Swiftness](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3009.png)
63%
![Warmog's Armor](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3083.png)
63%
![Liandry's Torment](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/6653.png)
60%
![Mejai's Soulstealer](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3041.png)
78%
![Dead Man's Plate](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3742.png)
100%
![Rapid Firecannon](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3094.png)
75%
![Oracle Lens](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3364.png)
58%
![Elixir of Iron](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/2138.png)
100%
Bard Skill Order
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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![]() | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
![]() | R | R | R |
Bard Item Purchase Order
![Dark Seal](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/1082.png)
![Boots](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/1001.png)
![Boots of Swiftness](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3009.png)
![coin](https://www.metasrc.com/assets/v/6.8.2/images/tft/coin.png)
![Winged Moonplate](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3066.png)
![Giant's Belt](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/1011.png)
![Crystalline Bracer](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3801.png)
![Warmog's Armor](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3083.png)
![coin](https://www.metasrc.com/assets/v/6.8.2/images/tft/coin.png)
![Fated Ashes](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/2508.png)
![Haunting Guise](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3147.png)
![Liandry's Torment](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/6653.png)
![coin](https://www.metasrc.com/assets/v/6.8.2/images/tft/coin.png)
![Mejai's Soulstealer](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3041.png)
![coin](https://www.metasrc.com/assets/v/6.8.2/images/tft/coin.png)
![Ruby Crystal](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/1028.png)
![Winged Moonplate](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3066.png)
![Dead Man's Plate](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3742.png)
![coin](https://www.metasrc.com/assets/v/6.8.2/images/tft/coin.png)
![Zeal](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3086.png)
![Rapid Firecannon](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3094.png)
![coin](https://www.metasrc.com/assets/v/6.8.2/images/tft/coin.png)
Bard Trinkets
Win %
Buy %
![Oracle Lens](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3364.png)
58%
82%
![Stealth Ward](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3340.png)
56%
22%
![Farsight Alteration](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3363.png)
50%
3%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %
![Boots of Swiftness](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3009.png)
63%
60%
![Symbiotic Soles](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3010.png)
62%
18%
![Mercury's Treads](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3111.png)
67%
13%
![Ionian Boots of Lucidity](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3158.png)
43%
10%
![Plated Steelcaps](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3047.png)
29%
10%
![Berserker's Greaves](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3006.png)
50%
3%
Bard Situational Items
Win %
Buy %
![Locket of the Iron Solari](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3190.png)
71%
10%
![Lich Bane](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3100.png)
80%
7%
![Nashor's Tooth](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3115.png)
67%
8%
![Heartsteel](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3084.png)
60%
7%
![Statikk Shiv](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3087.png)
60%
7%
![Knight's Vow](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/14.12.1/img/item/3109.png)
38%
11%