Tier: Off MetaWin40.70%Role1.72%Pick0.03%Ban0.42%Games: 85KDA: 4.64Score: 45.91
Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 40.70% win rate in LoL Patch 14.15. We've analyzed 85 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Boots of Swiftness, Nashor's Tooth, Statikk Shiv, Mejai's Soulstealer, Lich Bane, and Liandry's Torment. For runes, the strongest choice is Precision (Primary) with Fleet Footwork (Keystone), and Resolve (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Teleport. Starting items should include Doran's Blade and Health Potion. Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Riven and Sion. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Tryndamere and Vayne.
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Bard Summoner Spells


Win %
Pick %
39%
89%
37%
48%

38%
44%

60%
6%

67%
4%

40%
6%
Bard Starting Items
Win %
Buy %


42%
22%


2
31%
19%
Bard Runes
Win %
Pick %
49%
27%
69%
9%
50%
6%
22%
12%
Bard Items

49%

47%

47%

100%

33%

57%

39%

75%
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Item Purchase Order

























Bard Trinkets
Win %
Buy %

39%
93%

44%
21%

50%
5%
Bard Boots
Win %
Buy %

49%
44%

41%
20%

56%
11%

17%
14%

100%
1%

25%
5%
Bard Situational Items
Win %
Buy %

100%
4%

100%
4%

43%
8%

43%
8%

75%
5%

33%
7%