Tier: Off MetaWin36.65%Role1.01%Pick0.02%Ban0.53%Games: 1258KDA: 2.42Score: 33.26
Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 36.65% win rate in LoL Patch 14.19. We've analyzed 1258 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Symbiotic Soles, Heartsteel, Statikk Shiv, Nashor's Tooth, Cosmic Drive, and Rapid Firecannon. 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 Smolder, Tryndamere, and Poppy. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Aurora, Urgot, and Nasus.
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Bard Summoner Spells


Win %
Pick %
36%
96%
38%
42%

30%
37%

41%
11%

50%
7%

33%
7%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %


2

28%
28%



31%
23%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
33%
16%
44%
9%
33%
10%
39%
6%
Bard Items

42%

45%

37%

32%

45%

43%

33%

58%
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Item Purchase Order


























Bard Trinkets
Win %
Buy %

33%
74%

44%
38%

30%
7%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %

42%
30%

35%
28%

35%
15%

26%
8%

35%
4%

45%
3%
Bard Situational Items
Win %
Buy %

41%
11%

56%
5%

54%
5%

34%
9%

46%
6%

40%
6%