Bard·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Bard Bot build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Deep Ward and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Celerity and Scorch in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Statikk Shiv as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Nashor's Tooth. For your last 3 items, you should build Guinsoo's Rageblade, Rapid Firecannon and finish with Lich Bane. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 41.7% winrate over 103 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Bard Bot build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Deep Ward and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Celerity with Scorch in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Dead Man's Plate as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Liandry's Torment, Locket of the Iron Solari and Wit's End. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 26.1% win rate over 92 matches.

Situational Bard Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Bard build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.