Bard·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Bard Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection 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 Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Nashor's Tooth as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Lich Bane. For your last 3 items, you should build Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Rapid Firecannon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.3% winrate over 58 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Bard Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Scorch with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Nashor's Tooth, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Lich Bane as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Stormsurge, Rapid Firecannon and Statikk Shiv. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 25.9% win rate over 58 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.