Tier: Off MetaWin40.37%Role0.88%Pick0.01%Ban0.33%Games: 75KDA: 1.49Score: 41.88
Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 40.37% win rate in LoL Patch 14.11. We've analyzed 75 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Swiftness, Statikk Shiv, Nashor's Tooth, Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Thornmail. For runes, the strongest choice is Precision (Primary) with Fleet Footwork (Keystone), and Sorcery (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Teleport. Starting items should include Doran's Blade, Health Potion, and Stealth Ward. Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Volibear. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Jax and Sion.
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Bard Summoner Spells


Win %
Pick %
32%
88%
38%
49%

30%
36%

33%
20%

50%
3%

50%
3%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %



46%
37%


2

22%
36%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
42%
19%
34%
14%
40%
12%
65%
4%
Bard Items

47%

25%

36%

42%

43%

50%

39%

33%
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Item Purchase Order

























Bard Trinkets
Win %
Buy %

39%
89%

13%
20%

17%
16%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %

47%
20%

40%
20%

45%
15%

25%
16%

50%
5%

50%
5%
Bard Situational Items
Win %
Buy %

50%
5%

25%
11%

25%
11%

33%
8%

67%
4%

33%
8%