Bard Support is ranked A Tier and has a 51.01% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 2636 Bard Support games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Mobility, Eye of the Watchers, Locket of the Iron Solari, Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Knight's Vow. For runes, the strongest choice is Sorcery (Primary) with Summon Aery (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathSorcery>Sorcery</pathSorcery> + <pathInspiration>Inspiration</pathInspiration> </pathBonus> (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Ignite. Starting items should include Health Potion, Spellthief's Edge, Refillable Potion, Control Ward, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Support matchups include Annie, Tahm Kench, and Brand. Bard's Best Support counters are Poppy, Sion, and Sona.
Bard Summoner Spells
Bard Starting Items
Bard Runes
Bard Items
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Trinkets
Bard Boots
Average ADC Duo Queue Champions for Bard Support(49% - 51% win rate with Bard)
Even Support Matchups for Bard Support(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
Even ADC Matchups for Bard Support(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
