Bard

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Comp identity — Support

Leans Catch — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 60%
Protectworkable · 50%
Attackworkable · 30%
Bard follows up fast when the enemy missteps. Enough Protect and Attack sits in the kit to fall back and peel when the game goes defensive. Passive Meeps consume on basic attack for bonus magic damage, giving auto-attacks a scaling ability-damage component without being auto-attack-core.

Kit quirks

Passive Meeps consume on basic attack for bonus magic damage, giving auto-attacks a scaling ability-damage component without being auto-attack-core
Q (Cosmic Binding) stuns both the first and second target hit (through terrain or a second champion) — a rare double-stun skillshot
R (Tempered Fate) stasis-stuns an entire area ignoring normal CC immunity, hitting champions, minions, monsters, and even turrets

How Bard actually performs in ranked solo queue · 173 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Support48% WR · 173.0 games
Bot50% WR · 0.2 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

AlistarSupport+0%

Hardest matchups

NautilusSupport-4%

Renata GlascSupport-1%

ThreshSupport0%

LuluSupport0%

PykeSupport0%

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Bard's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Bard beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Mountain (Earth)68%vs 59% avg+8pp65g

Hextech55%vs 62% avg-7pp62g

Ocean68%vs 63% avg+5pp59g

Cloud72%vs 60% avg+13pp58g

Infernal61%vs 60% avg+1pp49g

Chemtech72%vs 62% avg+10pp43g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Bard — The Wandering Caretaker

Class: Catcher
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Support
Released: 2015-03-12 (V5.5)
Last changed: V26.18
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	630	+103	2381
Health regen (per 5s)	5.5	+0.55	14.85
Mana	350	+50	1200
Mana regen (per 5s)	6	+0.45	13.65
Armor	32	+4.7	111.9
Magic resist	30	+1.3	52.1
Attack damage	52	+3	103
Attack speed	0.658	+2%	0.882
Attack speed ratio	0.658
Attack range	500
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 302.7778
Selection radius: 130
Pathing radius: 35
Gameplay radius: 80
Attack cast time (s): 0.3
Attack total time (s): 1.6
Attack delay offset: -0.1
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×1.15 · damage taken ×0.85 · healing ×1.2

Nexus Blitz: damage taken ×0.9 · ability haste 20

One for All: damage dealt ×1.15 · damage taken ×0.85 · healing ×1.2

URF: damage dealt ×1.15 · damage taken ×0.85 · healing ×1.2

Ultimate Spellbook: damage dealt ×1.08 · damage taken ×0.92 · movement speed ×1.2

Abilities

Passive

Traveler's Call

Static cooldown: 50 • 8 – 4 (based on number of Chimes)

Innate - Ancient Chimes: Bard's presence causes sacred Chimes to periodically appear at random locations on the battlefield, lingering for up to 10 minutes. Collecting a Chime restores 12% maximum mana and grants Bard 20 + (1 per minute after 5 minutes) experience, as well as 24% bonus movement speed out of combat for 20 seconds, which stacks up to 10 times. Each Chime collected beyond the first instead grants an additional 14% bonus movement speed, up to a total of 150% bonus movement speed. Bard empowers his Meeps each time he collects 5 Chimes.

Innate - Meeps: Bard's presence attracts Meeps every few seconds, which are small spirits that come to his side. While he has Meeps, his basic attacks are empowered to each consume a Meep on-attack to deal 30 (+ 6 per 5 Chimes collected) (+ 40% AP) bonus magic damage. At 5 Chimes, Meeps slow damaged enemies by 25% – 75% (based on number of Chimes) for 1 second. At 15 Chimes, Meeps deal the damage to enemies within 150 units of the primary target as well as those in a cone behind them. At 35 Chimes, the cone's radius increases.

Bard can have up to 1 – 9 (based on number of Chimes) Meeps at a time.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesParries: BypassProjectile: Blocked

Notes (15)

Chime spawns are weighted towards the areas of the map that Bard is currently present in and spawn in pairs, with the only exception being the second and third spawns on Summoner's Rift, which spawn only one.
Chimes will not spawn in either team's base and will not spawn in the enemy team's jungle before the 5 minute mark.
The first Chime pair spawns at:
0:15 in all Summoner's Rift modes.
0:50 in all Howling Abyss modes.
The damage from Meeps:
Applies as spell damage on the primary target.
Applies as area damage on secondary target(s).
Meeps grant additional stacks of Electrocute and Conqueror.
Only Bard can see a Chime that is in the fog of war. All other players must have sight of a chime for it to be visible to them.
Only Bard can see a minimap icon for an uncollected Chime, regardless of whether other players have vision on it or not. The minimap icon will turn red when the chime is one minute away from expiration.
Bard cannot see Chimes while nearsighted.
Only Meep cone attacks are absorbed by spell shields. Those that deal damage together with the basic attack don't.
If a Meep empowered auto attack is dodged, blocked or when Bard is blinded, the basic attack itself will deal no damage, but the Meep damage will still be applied.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures and wards.

Map-specific differences (7)

Chime spawn rate changed to every 30 seconds (initial spawn unchanged).
Increased chime spawn rate. First chime spawns at 30 seconds, and spawns 2 new ones every 20 seconds.
Meeps thresholds changed to one each 2 Chimes.
Meep respawn time set to 6 seconds.
Increased Chime spawn rate during combat.
Chimes per upgrade changed to 4.
AP ratio changed to 50% AP.

Passive

Traveler's Call

Static cooldown: 50 • 8 – 4 (based on number of Chimes)

Bard can have up to 1 – 9 (based on number of Chimes) Meeps at a time.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesParries: BypassProjectile: Blocked

Notes (15)

Chime spawns are weighted towards the areas of the map that Bard is currently present in and spawn in pairs, with the only exception being the second and third spawns on Summoner's Rift, which spawn only one.
Chimes will not spawn in either team's base and will not spawn in the enemy team's jungle before the 5 minute mark.
The first Chime pair spawns at:
0:15 in all Summoner's Rift modes.
0:50 in all Howling Abyss modes.
The damage from Meeps:
Applies as spell damage on the primary target.
Applies as area damage on secondary target(s).
Meeps grant additional stacks of Electrocute and Conqueror.
Only Bard can see a Chime that is in the fog of war. All other players must have sight of a chime for it to be visible to them.
Only Bard can see a minimap icon for an uncollected Chime, regardless of whether other players have vision on it or not. The minimap icon will turn red when the chime is one minute away from expiration.
Bard cannot see Chimes while nearsighted.
Only Meep cone attacks are absorbed by spell shields. Those that deal damage together with the basic attack don't.
If a Meep empowered auto attack is dodged, blocked or when Bard is blinded, the basic attack itself will deal no damage, but the Meep damage will still be applied.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures and wards.

Map-specific differences (7)

Chime spawn rate changed to every 30 seconds (initial spawn unchanged).
Increased chime spawn rate. First chime spawns at 30 seconds, and spawns 2 new ones every 20 seconds.
Meeps thresholds changed to one each 2 Chimes.
Meep respawn time set to 6 seconds.
Increased Chime spawn rate during combat.
Chimes per upgrade changed to 4.
AP ratio changed to 50% AP.

Cosmic Binding

Cost: 60 ManaCooldown: 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7Cast time: 0.25Target range: 850Width: 120Speed: 1500

Active: Bard fires an energy bolt in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy hit and slows them by 60% for a duration.

Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 80% AP)
Disable Duration: 1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8 seconds

After Cosmic Binding hits an enemy, the bolt continues behind them for 300 units. If the bolt hits terrain or a second enemy, it stuns both targets for the same duration, dealing the same damage to the secondary target.

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: Blocked

Notes (12)

Cosmic Binding's interaction with spell shields:
If the first target has a spell shield, they will block the damage but the bolt will still pass through them.
If the bolt hits a second target, only they will be stunned.
If the bolt hits terrain, the first target will be stunned.
If the second target has a spell shield, they will block the stun and damage.
The first target will still be stunned.
If the first target gains a spell shield after being hit, the stun will not be blocked.
The stun will apply even if the first target becomes untargetable.
Cosmic Binding can interact with player-generated terrain.
The stun is still applied even if the first or second target dies to the ability itself or before the projectile can bind them.
Cosmic Binding does not grant sight of enemies hit, but a hit can be seen and heard to indicate that at least one enemy is there.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Caretaker's Shrine

Cost: 70 ManaCast time: 0.25Recharge: 18Target range: 800

Active: Bard conjures a shrine at the target location that grants sight of its surroundings for 1 second and gathers power over 5 seconds. Up to 3 shrines may be active at a time. Shrines may last indefinitely until being consumed by a champion moving over them.

If the champion is an ally or Bard himself, they are healed for an amount based on the shrine's power and gain bonus movement speed decaying over 1.5 seconds. The bonus movement speed can stack with subsequent shrines triggered. If the champion is an enemy, the shrine is destroyed.

Minimum Heal: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+ 40% AP)
Maximum Heal: 50 / 87.5 / 125 / 162.5 / 200 (+ 70% AP)
Bonus Movement Speed: 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30% (+ 6% per 100 AP)

Bard periodically stocks a Caretaker's Shrine charge, up to a maximum of 2.

Targeting input: Location / UnitTarget out-of-range override: If targeting a location, walk in range of the target location to cast, If targeting an ally, walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: Allies

Notes (4)

Caretaker's Shrine can be cast directly on an ally and it will be treated as a unit-targeted ability for effects such as Guardian. This version also has a forgiveness radius of 175 units.
If Bard has 3 shrines on the map and creates a new one that is cast directly on himself or an ally, the oldest shrine will not be destroyed. This is because the shrine is used as an actual targeted heal on himself or someone else, and not a permanent shrine, so the other 3 may stay.
The spell indicator of Caretaker's Shrine shows the area in which it can be used as a targeted heal. After a shrine has been placed on the ground its activation area becomes smaller: allies or enemies have to step directly on the shrine to use it or destroy it.
Leveling up Caretaker's Shrine will update the healing of existing shrines.

Map-specific differences (4)

Recharge timer changed to 10 seconds.
Recharge timer changed to 10 seconds.
Maximum number of shrines active changed to 33.
Healing increased by 100%.

Magical Journey

Cost: 30 ManaCooldown: 22 / 20.5 / 19 / 17.5 / 16Cast time: 0.25Target range: 900Speed: 900 • 1197

Active: Bard opens a one-way magical corridor through a piece of terrain in the target direction for 10 seconds.

A champion can pass through the corridor by selecting it while within proximity of it, becoming revealed during the travel. Bard and allies travel through the portal at 33% increased speed.

A valid piece of terrain within the target range is required to cast this ability. Magical Journey cannot be taken while immobilized or grounded.

Targeting input: DirectionTarget out-of-range override: The ability will not cast even when targeting a valid piece of terrain that is outside of the target rangeAffects: Self, Allies, EnemiesProjectile: Not BlockedGrounded: See NotesKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (10)

Clones are counted as champions for this ability's effects and can access the portal, but other pets cannot.
Terrain also includes structures.
Magical Journey's tunnel has a max range of 2600 units (about two screens long)[1].
Magical Journey will score assists for Bard if an ally that uses it scores a kill or assist shortly after.
Bard can cast Magical Journey while grounded or rooted.
There is no limit to how many times a given instance of Magical Journey may be used.
Magical Journey cannot interact with player-created terrain due to its short lifespan.[2]
Any abilities that continue during normal movement, such as point blank area of effects and various forms of stealth, will continue during the travel within Magical Journey.
If a champion's dash is interrupted while inside terrain using Magical Journey, they will be immediately displaced out to the nearest open space, but are not rendered airborne.
Taking Magical Journey is considered a dash, and so will interact with effects such as Sudden Impact and knockdown.

Map-specific differences (2)

Cooldown changed to 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds.
Ally dash speed multiplier changed to 150%.

Tempered Fate

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 110 / 95 / 80Cast time: 0.5Target range: 3400Effect radius: 350

Active: Bard sends magical energy arcing to the target location, granting sight of the area during travel. Upon impact, it puts all units within into stasis for 2.5 seconds, as well as stunning all enemy champions, minions, and turrets struck for the same duration. Enemies hit are revealed for the duration.

Epic monsters and turrets are affected by Tempered Fate despite being immune to crowd control.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (12)

Tempered Fate's stun is affected by Tenacity.
The stasis is unaffected.
Tempered Fate will affect all targetable champions, minions, monsters, turrets, wards, and jungle plants.
Tempered Fate has no effect on enemies that have displacement immunity or total crowd control immunity, and allies that are immune from using an ability that preloads UnstoppableForceMarker.
The only exceptions are the crowd control immunity that turrets and epic monsters have.
All champions (including allies) during the stasis are prohibited from activating cleansing effects for its duration.
It will not disable Quicksilver and instead put it on a 3-second cooldown.
Tempered Fate deals 0 proc true damage, which triggers in-combat effects such as drawing turret and monster aggression, Sudden Impact or applying Elixir of Sorcery.
Elixir of Sorcery deals damage before the target is put into stasis.
If Tempered Fate affects an allied turret and that turret deals damage to an enemy champion, the champion is marked by Bard for kill/assist credit.
Tempered Fate's travel time varies between ~0.65 at point blank and ~1.8 at max range, resulting in an overall delay of ~1.15-2.3 seconds including the cast time depending on distance covered.
Stasis is applied to allies as a buff.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Passive

Traveler's Call

Static cooldown: 50 • 8 – 4 (based on number of Chimes)

Bard can have up to 1 – 9 (based on number of Chimes) Meeps at a time.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesParries: BypassProjectile: Blocked

Notes (15)

Chime spawns are weighted towards the areas of the map that Bard is currently present in and spawn in pairs, with the only exception being the second and third spawns on Summoner's Rift, which spawn only one.
Chimes will not spawn in either team's base and will not spawn in the enemy team's jungle before the 5 minute mark.
The first Chime pair spawns at:
0:15 in all Summoner's Rift modes.
0:50 in all Howling Abyss modes.
The damage from Meeps:
Applies as spell damage on the primary target.
Applies as area damage on secondary target(s).
Meeps grant additional stacks of Electrocute and Conqueror.
Only Bard can see a Chime that is in the fog of war. All other players must have sight of a chime for it to be visible to them.
Only Bard can see a minimap icon for an uncollected Chime, regardless of whether other players have vision on it or not. The minimap icon will turn red when the chime is one minute away from expiration.
Bard cannot see Chimes while nearsighted.
Only Meep cone attacks are absorbed by spell shields. Those that deal damage together with the basic attack don't.
If a Meep empowered auto attack is dodged, blocked or when Bard is blinded, the basic attack itself will deal no damage, but the Meep damage will still be applied.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures and wards.

Map-specific differences (7)

Chime spawn rate changed to every 30 seconds (initial spawn unchanged).
Increased chime spawn rate. First chime spawns at 30 seconds, and spawns 2 new ones every 20 seconds.
Meeps thresholds changed to one each 2 Chimes.
Meep respawn time set to 6 seconds.
Increased Chime spawn rate during combat.
Chimes per upgrade changed to 4.
AP ratio changed to 50% AP.