Tier: Off MetaWin38.96%Role0.95%Pick0.03%Ban0.78%Games: 2072KDA: 2.59Score: 36.83
Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 38.96% win rate in LoL Patch 13.19. We've analyzed 2072 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Swiftness, Statikk Shiv, Kraken Slayer, Night Harvester, Nashor's Tooth, and Dead Man's Plate. For runes, the strongest choice is Precision (Primary) with Fleet Footwork (Keystone), and Sorcery (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Ignite. Starting items should include Doran's Ring, Health Potion, and Oracle Lens. Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Kennen, Maokai, and Rammus. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Nasus, Gragas, and Illaoi.
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Bard Summoner Spells


Win %
Pick %
40%
96%
39%
48%

38%
39%

35%
8%

47%
5%

56%
1%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %


2

41%
26%



38%
17%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
37%
20%
39%
14%
56%
9%
36%
6%
Bard Items

43%

41%

38%

42%

43%

50%

38%

69%
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Item Purchase Order

























Bard Trinkets
Win %
Buy %

38%
88%

43%
22%

34%
11%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %

43%
29%

39%
21%

44%
10%

41%
10%

40%
10%

32%
8%
Bard Mythic Items
Win %
Buy %

42%
15%

41%
9%

57%
6%

58%
5%

35%
6%

43%
5%