Bard Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 47.50% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 172 Bard Top Lane games to compile our statistical Bard Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Sorcerer's Shoes, Lich Bane, Hextech Gunblade, Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Frozen Mallet. For runes, the strongest choice is Sorcery (Primary) with Arcane Comet (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathSorcery>Sorcery</pathSorcery> + <pathDomination>Domination</pathDomination> </pathBonus> (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Teleport. Starting items should include Health Potion, Doran's Ring, Doran's Blade, Refillable Potion, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Bard's Best Top Lane matchups include Riven, Akali, and Maokai. Bard's Best Top Lane counters are Fiora, Garen, and Irelia.
Bard Summoner Spells
Bard Starting Items
Bard Runes
Bard Items
Bard Skill Order
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Bard Trinkets
Bard Boots
Average Jungle Duo Queue Champions for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate with Bard)
Even Top Lane Matchups for Bard Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate for Bard)
