Tier: Off MetaWin54.21%Role2.93%Pick0.10%Ban1.42%Games: 88KDA: 3.69Score: 51.04
Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 54.21% win rate in LoL Patch 25.08. We've analyzed 88 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Symbiotic Soles, Dead Man's Plate, Nashor's Tooth, Kaenic Rookern, Liandry's Torment, and Shurelya's Battlesong. For runes, the strongest choice is Domination (Primary) with Electrocute (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 Stealth Ward. Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Ambessa, Shen, and Tryndamere. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Ornn, Sett, and Yone.
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Bard Summoner Spells


Win %
Pick %
55%
100%
55%
63%

53%
19%

56%
10%

60%
6%

100%
1%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %


2

57%
8%



0%
6%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
58%
89%
46%
2%
0%
1%
0%
1%
Bard Items

57%

61%

60%

63%

71%

73%

56%

86%
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Item Purchase Order


























Bard Trinkets
Win %
Buy %

56%
90%

35%
23%

33%
3%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %

57%
82%

43%
8%

50%
5%

50%
2%
Bard Situational Items
Win %
Buy %

50%
7%

50%
5%

67%
3%

50%
5%

100%
1%

100%
1%