Bard

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BardBardSupport · Common
All · 16.19 · Total gold76 games 45W 31L · 59.2% win rate Pro 21 games · Specialist 55 games

Starting items

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

Starting set · 76 games total3 variants
  • ×2
    60.8%

    97% · 74 games

    GoldCS1m+4.4-0.12m+29.8-0.63m+35.1-1.34m+0.4-25m+30.7-2.4
  • ×2
    0.0%

    1% · 1 games

    GoldCS1m+46202m+404+13m+444+24m+72505m+672-1
  • ×2
    0.0%

    1% · 1 games

    GoldCS1m+9502m+23703m+327-34m+460-35m+448-5

Mid items

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

  • Item 306760.8%

    25.5% · 74 games

    Avg 7.2m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+82.3-3.4+1m+87.4-3.7+2m+104.3-4.3+3m+113.3-4.8+4m+160.9-5+5m+116-5.7
  • Item 102958.0%

    23.8% · 69 games

    Avg 7.7m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+94.9-3.7+1m+111.8-3.8+2m+113.6-4.3+3m+111.5-4.6+4m+112.5-4.8+5m+102.1-5.1
  • Item 103359.7%

    23.1% · 67 games

    Avg 9.4m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+147.1-4.2+1m+142.8-4.5+2m+125.4-5+3m+104.9-5.2+4m+96.2-5.4+5m+93.1-5.2
  • Item 102860.0%

    22.4% · 65 games

    Avg 4.5m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-9.5-2+1m-9.5-2.4+2m+21.7-2.7+3m+41.6-3.2+4m+85.9-3.5+5m+65.4-4
  • Item 311475.0%

    1.4% · 4 games

    Avg 9.2m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+43-5.5+1m+3.3-8.5+2m+93.5-8.8+3m+15.8-10.8+4m-12-12.8+5m-111.3-12.3
  • Item 391650.0%

    0.7% · 2 games

    Avg 7.3m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-204+2.5+1m-43+2.5+2m-48.50+3m-220.5-0.5+4m-240.5-0.5+5m-371-1

Core slots

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

Core 1· 75 games

  • Item 3190Top60.3%68 games
    90.7%

    Avg 12.0m to complete · Timing sample 68 games

    GoldCSAt completion+126.4-5.1+1m+137.6-5.3+2m+117.8-5.5+3m+144.6-5.5+4m+152.5-5+5m+210.4-5.2
  • Item 322275.0%*4 games
    5.3%

    Avg 11.5m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+84.5-10.3+1m+3-10.8+2m+5.3-11.5+3m-12-11.8+4m+50.8-11.8+5m+18.5-15.5
  • Item 37420.0%*2 games
    2.7%

    Avg 16.0m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-514.5-3.5+1m-625.5-2.5+2m-579+2+3m-810+2.5
  • Item 8020100.0%*1 games
    1.3%

    Avg 18.4m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-1714+15+1m-1679+15

Core 2· 51 games

  • Item 322280.0%20 games
    39.2%

    Avg 22.6m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+658.5-14.5+1m+1306-8
  • Item 252440.0%10 games
    19.6%

    Avg 21.6m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-510+1+1m-499+1
  • Item 252570.0%10 games
    19.6%

    Avg 21.8m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+1055-8+1m+524-7+2m-188-10
  • Item 802066.7%*3 games
    5.9%

    Avg 23.3m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+1848-7
  • Item 3109100.0%*3 games
    5.9%

    Avg 18.5m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+2067.5-12+1m+1981-11+2m+2060-9+3m+2358-9+4m+2528-9+5m+2387-7
  • Item 6620100.0%*2 games
    3.9%

    Avg 23.0m to complete

  • Item 31100.0%*2 games
    3.9%

    Avg 23.7m to complete

  • Item 30500.0%*1 games
    2.0%

    Avg 22.9m to complete

Core 3· 11 games

  • Item 252550.0%6 games
    54.5%

    Avg 30.3m to complete

  • Item 252450.0%*2 games
    18.2%

    Avg 28.5m to complete

  • Item 2504100.0%*1 games
    9.1%

    Avg 32.0m to complete

  • Item 31090.0%*1 games
    9.1%

    Avg 28.2m to complete

  • Item 31160.0%*1 games
    9.1%

    Avg 34.5m to complete

Boots

Tier-2 boots adoption

68.4%

52 games65.4%

11.8%

9 games77.8%

10.5%

8 games0.0%

6.6%

5 games60.0%

2.6%

2 games50.0%

Skill order

Master priority · level-up distribution

3 variants · 76 games total
  • QWE
    69 games60.9%

    18 level-up orders merged

  • QEW
    6 games33.3%

    4 level-up orders merged

  • WQE
    1 games100.0%

Runes

Primary · secondary · shards

Rune page · 76 games total6 variants
  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8400
    55 games60.0%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8400
    13 games61.5%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8400
    3 games66.7%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8300
    3 games66.7%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

Stat shard combos

Win rate · adoption per 3-shard combo

ShardsGames
58.9%73.7%56
63.2%25.0%19
0.0%1.3%1

Summoner spells

Spell pair distribution

Summoner spell pairs · 76 games total2 variants
  • 62 games59.7%
  • 14 games57.1%

Item path

Core purchase order

Core order (boots · legendary) · 76 games total24 variants
  • 21 games47.6%
  • 16 games81.3%
  • 7 games85.7%
  • 7 games42.9%
  • 3 games100.0%
  • 2 games0.0%

76 games at a 59.2% win rate — that is how Bard performed in the Support role on patch 16.19. All 76 games in this patch sample come from solo queue. With no competitive appearances, the pick priority here can differ from what pro drafts show. By sample size, the lane has been shared most often with Rell, Lulu, Thresh.

Against Nautilus, the record is 83.3% across 6 games, above the average. The sample points to a favorable lane in that matchup.

Pro match reportTournament metrics · match-ups · per player