Champion Analysis

Bard

111 games at a 53.1% win rate — that is how Bard performed in the Support role on patch 16.16. Professional appearances are limited to 13 games. The build and matchup numbers below come mostly from the 111-game solo queue sample. By sample size, the lane has been shared most often with Nautilus, Camille, Shen.

Against Blitzcrank, the record is 71.4% across 7 games, above the average. The sample points to a favorable lane in that matchup.

vs matchup
31 same-position opponents · pick one for the matchup build
BardBardSupport · Common
111 games · 53.1% win rate Pro matches 13 games · Pro 28 games · Specialist 70 games

Starting items

Starting purchase set excl. wards · lane diff 1–5m

Starting set · 111 games total1 variants
  • ×2
    53.1%

    100% · 111 games

    GoldCS1m-2.802m+4.7-0.53m-4.9-14m+0.7-1.35m-21-1.5

Mid items

Laning buys before core 1 · +1 to +5m after purchase

  • Item 306752.0%

    23.5% · 100 games

    Avg 6.8m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+0.1-2.1+1m-9-2.6+2m-5-2.9+3m-1.9-3.3+4m+21.5-3.8+5m-19.1-3.9
  • Item 102848.0%

    17.6% · 75 games

    Avg 4.5m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-49-1.8+1m-41-2+2m-58.1-1.8+3m-41.2-2.6+4m+10.5-3+5m-8.7-3.5
  • Item 102951.6%

    15.1% · 64 games

    Avg 7.4m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-82.1-2.1+1m-71.3-2.2+2m-145.5-2.7+3m-125-2.6+4m-107.2-2.8+5m-151.9-3.1
  • Item 103343.9%

    13.4% · 57 games

    Avg 9.5m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-243.6-2.6+1m-251.9-2.7+2m-268.2-3.2+3m-237-3.2+4m-205.7-3.4+5m-199.7-3.3
  • Item 311455.8%

    10.1% · 43 games

    Avg 9.4m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+145.8-4+1m+136-4.3+2m+172.8-4.7+3m+170.2-4.9+4m+166.3-5.2+5m+140.2-5.7
  • Item 100446.7%

    7.1% · 30 games

    Avg 7.5m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+32-3.3+1m+103.9-3.4+2m+112.6-3.5+3m+59.9-4.2+4m+17.5-4.7+5m+37.7-4.7

Core slots

Core 1·2·3 distribution · lane diff +0 to +5m after completion

Core 1· 108 games

  • Item 319050.9%
    49.1% · 53 games

    Avg 12.8m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-170.3-3.1+1m-109.8-2.9+2m-93.7-2.9+3m-82.6-3.2+4m-78-3.3+5m-23-4.5
  • Item 322259.5%
    38.9% · 42 games

    Avg 13.3m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+153.4-5.1+1m+142-5.2+2m+151.3-5.2+3m+90.9-5+4m+228.7-4.6+5m+197.3-4.8
  • Item 315762.5%
    7.4% · 8 games

    Avg 16.3m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-659.7-1.1+1m-567.2+1.5+2m-336.60+3m-264.2+1.4+4m-249.3+5+5m-694+1
  • Item 374266.7%
    2.8% · 3 games

    Avg 14.7m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-126-11.3+1m-130-9.7+2m-53.7-9.7+3m+209.7-10.7+4m+291.7-10.3+5m+521.5-14.5
  • Item 25240.0%
    1.8% · 2 games

    Avg 15.3m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-929.5-2.5+1m-1119.5-2.5+2m-441+7+3m-441+7+4m-481+7+5m-572+7

Core 2· 79 games

  • Item 319069.2%
    49.4% · 39 games

    Avg 22.6m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+814.3-3.3+1m+459.7+1.5+2m+1035+0.3
  • Item 252447.4%
    24.1% · 19 games

    Avg 22.4m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+388-5.3+1m+298.3-8.3+2m+420-10
  • Item 322263.6%
    13.9% · 11 games

    Avg 22.1m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+359.7-7+1m+376.7-7+2m+427-6.3
  • Item 310925.0%
    5.1% · 4 games

    Avg 24.9m to complete

  • Item 802050.0%
    2.5% · 2 games

    Avg 24.4m to complete

  • Item 66200.0%
    1.3% · 1 games

    Avg 20.6m to complete

  • Item 3742100.0%
    1.3% · 1 games

    Avg 20.4m to complete

  • Item 4005100.0%
    1.3% · 1 games

    Avg 24.7m to complete

  • Item 3050100.0%
    1.3% · 1 games

    Avg 21.7m to complete

Core 3· 23 games

  • Item 252460.0%
    43.5% · 10 games

    Avg 29.4m to complete

  • Item 310950.0%
    17.4% · 4 games

    Avg 31.2m to complete

  • Item 310750.0%
    17.4% · 4 games

    Avg 27.0m to complete

  • Item 3742100.0%
    8.7% · 2 games

    Avg 31.7m to complete

  • Item 6620100.0%
    4.3% · 1 games

    Avg 27.6m to complete

  • Item 4005100.0%
    4.3% · 1 games

    Avg 37.8m to complete

  • Item 80200.0%
    4.3% · 1 games

    Avg 32.7m to complete

Boots

Tier-2 boots adoption

51.0%

53 games56.6%

25.0%

26 games53.8%

12.5%

13 games53.8%

6.7%

7 games14.3%

4.8%

5 games40.0%

Skill order

Master priority · level-up distribution

2 variants · 111 games total
  • QWE
    100 games54.0%

    20 level-up orders merged

  • QEW
    11 games45.5%

    5 level-up orders merged

Runes

Primary · secondary · shards

Rune page · 111 games total21 variants
  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8400
    29 games58.6%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8300
    21 games57.1%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8300
    17 games64.7%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8400
    15 games46.7%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

Stat shard combos

Win rate · adoption per 3-shard combo

ShardsGames
56.8%79.3%88
43.8%14.4%16
50.0%3.6%4
0.0%1.8%2
0.0%0.9%1

Summoner spells

Spell pair distribution

Summoner spell pairs · 111 games total3 variants
  • 78 games52.6%
  • 22 games59.1%
  • 11 games45.5%

Item path

Core purchase order

Core order (boots · legendary) · 111 games total31 variants
  • 18 games77.8%
  • 15 games46.7%
  • 12 games41.7%
  • 12 games25.0%
  • 7 games85.7%
  • 7 games71.4%