Bard Support is ranked A Tier and has a 53.18% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 111 Bard Support games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Mobility, Frost Queen's Claim, Ruby Sightstone, Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Knight's Vow. For runes, the strongest choice is Sorcery (Primary) with Arcane Comet (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, Relic Shield, Control Ward, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Support matchups include Lulu, Nami, and Shen. Bard's Best Support counters are Vel'Koz, Alistar, and Janna.
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Bard Runes
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Bard Skill Order
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Bard Trinkets




Bard Boots


