Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 55.56% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 185 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Sorcerer's Shoes, Statikk Shiv, Nashor's Tooth, Blade of the Ruined King, Lich Bane, and Rapid Firecannon. For runes, the strongest choice is Domination (Primary) with Electrocute (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathDomination>Domination</pathDomination> + <pathSorcery>Sorcery</pathSorcery> </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, Refillable Potion, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Jayce. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Riven, Cho'Gath, and Heimerdinger.
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)
Best Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(over 51% win rate for Bard)
Even Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
