Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 41.83% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 80 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Sorcerer's Shoes, Statikk Shiv, Nashor's Tooth, Rapid Firecannon, Lich Bane, and Luden's Echo. For runes, the strongest choice is Sorcery (Primary) with Summon Aery (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathSorcery>Sorcery</pathSorcery> + <pathPrecision>Precision</pathPrecision> </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 Darius and Vladimir. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Irelia.
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)
Below Average Jungle Duo Queue Champions for Bard Top Lane(under 49% 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)
