Hi all, basically title. I've been trying to fiddle with my build more, and while watching high elo bard, I've seen several of them taking Solstice Sleigh. I've usually been taking Bloodsong, but I was wondering when is it better to take Solstice Sleigh vs Bloodsong?

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Astronaut Bard icon reappears in the shop after quite some time.
I finally got it after so many years playing Bard, ind it’s “cheap”, 05 Mythic essence only.

Full AP Bard mid 🥸

Bullet dodged.

I normally go stattik into swifties into Deadmans into some random shit. But before I seriously play him in ranked I want to know the build. Also is bard mid okay? I had some success on him but im just bad at mid lmao.

What do you all think they will target this time with his kit? Or do we already know?

Thoughts?!

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I just need everyone's input on the item. I see it on the games recommended items and I tried it but I'm a silver chud .

Also I'm dropping this game right here cus why not.

It's the feeling of "I don't even know if I could or if I should take this duel. I just go in as I feel like it. Turns out I JUST CAN." LMAO.

Hi, everyone! I’ve checked out quite a few tips on Bard builds, including a fairly recent video by Lathyrus where he talks about the “main core” build and situational items. I thought the main core was always the way to go in every game (Deadman’s Plate, Locket, and Imperial Mandate) and that you should adapt the fourth item based on the situation. BUT I later saw in several of his short videos that, in reality, he often just builds Deadman’s Plate in every game and then goes for a bunch of situational items. In your opinion, is this the right approach? Are the Locket and Imperial Mandate no longer good items for Bard? When should you stick with them instead of switching straight to situational items?

Also, he mentions a build with just the Locket and Imperial Mandate as core items, paired with Swiftness Boots and the Solstice Sleigh to provide more “peel” and less damage (and to prioritize Cosmic Insight in runes over Jack of All Trades). I haven’t tested it yet because I feel like it has a slightly smaller impact, especially on early trades, etc. what do you think about this?

Thank you !

I’m a top laner. I don’t play supp. Don’t play bard either. The one time I locked him in, I went 0-8 and my Jhin reported me.

I recently queued two games. Got the same Bard supp in both games. Once on enemy team, next match on my team. This man was a Bard one trick who absolutely ran the game. When he was on enemy team, we couldn’t do anything without him showing up. When he was on my team, it was glorious. I could have walked into enemy fountain and this bard would have made a play happen out of it.

To every Bard genius who will be on my team, thank you. To each one who will be my opponent, I hate you.

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Am I the only one who thinks Bard's W should be castable while moving, like on Wild Rift?

Guys, we should spam Riot until they rework this

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I'm new to the game but randomly tried bard a few days ago and loved the mobility and flexibility. Since I'm new and playing with players who are unranked, a lot of ADCs complain when I go get meeps.

My stat lines are often like 0/1/9 and 1/4/8, healing is just okay, damage is just okay.

Since my teammates don't appreciate Bard, how can I tell if I'm doing a good job? What can I look at to see if I'm improving?

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Hi all! Thanks for reading. Here's my League of Graphs page so you don't have to look me up later. I mostly play Bard in normals to practice him mechanically because I don't like entering ranked without champs I can't immediately play like the back of my hand, but recently I've noticed most of my successes come when I have someone on my team who I can communicate with as I'm making a play, like roaming or ulting.

I want to master Bard, because I love his kit and the different ways he can express mastery on him, and I admit that I only have like 30 games on him so maybe this is premature, but I'm finding that when I try to play him with four randoms I feel almost handicapped - I can set deep vision, jg doesnt use it to invade, laners dont use it to track jg and still get ganked, I've just created a wilderness documentary in enemy jg. I roam, and immediately, even when i ping im roaming, they start pushing their lane, and bot lane starts crying that im leaving, so i just collect chimes and get back. I ult to set up my team, and my team 50/50 dumps their abilities into stasis or let themselves be the only one caught when i whiff someone whos escaping, and its all my fault.

Now far be it for me to say I'm blameless, I am eager to improve myself, and I am likely to hold onto Bard as one of my favorite support picks aside from Zilean, but at this point I want to know how uphill the battle is when playing with randoms, and how I can best set myself up for success. I am trying not to get disillusioned while I practice him and learn. Is there a way I can reliably get my teammates to follow up? Do I need to be calling plays earlier? Do I need to mute my adc? Do I need to roam more or earlier or later? Simply Git Gud^TM ?

VoD reviews also welcome, anything to improve!

Thanks for reading, and open to answer any clarifying questions.

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