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 Transcendence 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 Statikk Shiv, Liandry's Torment and finish with Luden's Companion. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 44.2% winrate over 52 matches played.

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.