Bard·Top Build
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Q
W
E
R| Win rate | 41.6% |
| Pick rate | 0.0% |
| Ban rate | 4.2% |
| Matches | 553- |
Bard Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 47.6% based on 82 matches
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spells

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items
Starter Items
Time Target

@ 13 sec
Early Items

@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 24 min
Full Build






ability order
Q
W
E
Skills





situational items




Bard Matchups Overview
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, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Cash Back and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Dead Man's Plate as your first item, followed by Symbiotic Soles and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Nashor's Tooth, Heartsteel and finish with Statikk Shiv. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 47.6% winrate over 82 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
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In-depth Build Stats
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Bard Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 25.24 the best possible matchups for Bard Top are:
- vs. Yunara - win rate over games.
- vs. Poppy - win rate over games.
- vs. Singed - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Pantheon - 66.7% win rate over 3 games.
- vs. Rumble - 66.7% win rate over 6 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. Tahm Kench - win rate over games.
- vs. Shen - win rate over games.
- vs. Volibear - win rate over games.
- vs. Rek'Sai - win rate over games.
- vs. Veigar - 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.