Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop App
Bard·Top Build
P
Q
W
E
R| Win rate | 44.0% |
| Pick rate | 0.0% |
| Ban rate | 0.9% |
| Matches | 184- |
Bard Build
Top ∙ Patch 15.6Most Popular
Win Rate 51.6% based on 91 matches
Import this build directly into your game client:
Recommended builds
Most Popular
51.6%Top Players ALL
BARDÎNETTE OTP
68.2%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target
@ 8 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 15 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Kaenic Rookern
This item gives you a magic shield when you've been out of combat for some time. Good versus heavy AP teams.
Bard Matchups Overview
Weak Against
Strong Against
Bard General information
Bard combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Bard Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Bard Top 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 Waterwalking in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Symbiotic Soles and Dead Man's Plate. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Wit's End and finish with Knight's Vow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 51.6% winrate over 91 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Bard runes page.
Probuilds
Check out the latest and best Bard Probuilds used by pros from around the world, featured by lolvvv.
New Champion: Mel
New champion is live! Check out the latest PBE Mel build now!
In-depth Build Stats
Dive into even more Bard builds stats with additional analysis from our friends at LoLalytics.
Bard Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 15.6 the best possible matchups for Bard Top are:
- vs. Smolder - win rate over games.
- vs. Graves - win rate over games.
- vs. Xin Zhao - win rate over games.
- vs. Kled - win rate over games.
- vs. Rumble - win rate over games.
Consider picking Bard into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Bard.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Bard in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Cho'Gath - win rate over games.
- vs. Kennen - win rate over games.
- vs. Dr. Mundo - win rate over games.
- vs. Zed - win rate over games.
- vs. Gragas - win rate over games.
These champions are considered as Bard counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Bard counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.
