Name: Bard tier and win rate by rank band / Patch 7.3e
Creator: Tencent

Skills

P

TRAVELER’S CALLPassive

Chimes: Gains bonuses from chimes he attracts and collects on the map. Automatically collects nearby chimes, gaining the following bonuses: - 24% out-of-combat Movement Speed for 20 seconds (max 10 stacks, up to 150%) - 400 XP - Restores 12% max Mana Chimes remain for 10 minutes. Starting from 5 minutes into the game, gains 20 XP every 1 minute. Meeps: Summons a meep that follows him around every 7 seconds (max 1 meep). Meeps empower him and grant additional effects based on the number of chimes collected: - Consumes a meep to empower his attack, dealing 35 (+40% AP) plus 12 (for every 3 chimes he has) bonus magic damage. - When he has 3 chimes, he slows enemies by 25% for 1 second. - When he has 9 chimes, he strikes in an area around and behind the target. - When he has 27 chimes, he strikes in an even larger area. The spawn rate, slow effect, and max number of meeps following him scale with the number of chimes collected.

Q

COSMIC BINDINGSkill 1

Fires an energy bolt, dealing 80 (+80% AP) magic damage to the first enemy hit and slowing them by 60% for 1.1 seconds. The bolt then continues onward for a short distance. If it hits a second enemy or a wall, both enemies are stunned for 1.1 seconds; if a second enemy is struck, the bolt also deals the same damage to them.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	10	9	8	7
Cost	60
Base Damage	80	130	180	230
Duration	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.7

W

CARETAKER’S SHRINESkill 2

Creates a Health shrine that grows and powers up to max efficiency after 5 seconds, granting 22.5% (+0.05% AP) Movement Speed for 1.5 seconds and restoring at least 50 (+30% AP) Health to the first allied champion to enter. The shrine restores 100 (+60% AP) Health after existing for 5 seconds. Charge: This ability has 2 charges. Bard can have up to 3 shrines active at once. If an enemy champion enters a shrine, it will be crushed.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	15	14.5	14	13.5
Cost	70
Move Speed	22.5%	25%	27.5%	30%
Heal	50	80	110	140

E

MAGICAL JOURNEYSkill 3

Opens a one-way magical corridor through nearby terrain for 10 seconds. Both allied and enemy champions nearby can use the corridor by tapping the turret button. Allies travel 50% faster than enemies.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	19	17.5	16	14.5
Cost	30

R

TEMPERED FATEUltimate

Hurls magical protective energy to an area, placing all units and structures within into stasis for 2.5 seconds. While in stasis, they are invulnerable, untargetable, and unable to act.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3
Cooldown	75	65	55
Cost	100

Tier by Rank

Official

Tier and numbers

TierWinPickBan
LegendaryD← D49.5%1.2%0.2%

Tencent official (CN server) / Support / 2026-11-07

Support: win rate #22 of 34Pick rate #33Support median win rate 49.9%

Early in the season, official stats only cover Legendary so far. Higher ranks will appear as data comes in.

Reading the table

The “← A” after a tier is the tier in the previous ranking.

Legendary is the top tiers of the Legendary Queue, a separate ranked queue for top players.

Among Support

One dot per champion

Legendary

Win rate

44%50%56%Bard · D

0%Pick rate →

Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server)Master+ / SupportAs of 2026-09-2809/28

Rank

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Build patterns

Splits into 1 core · 2 rune patterns

How it works

Durability: health, armor, magic resist
Attack damage: attack damage, armor penetration
Ability power: ability power, magic penetration
Attack speed: basic attack speed
Ability haste: ability cooldowns, mana

The combos in the tables below, grouped by shape; not a ranking or a verdict. Each item goes to the family its stats are worth the most gold in, and a shape is how many of the 3 core items fall in each family. Effects (passives) are not counted, and items without stats are left out. Runes are grouped by keystone and the most common tree among the rest. The icons show the most common combo of each shape. A shape at 10% or more counts as a pattern; shapes under 3% get no card. Less common item families are families whose items appear in under 10% of the Chinese combos but do show up in overseas guides or streamer and pro builds. Their icons are separate item options seen in those sources, not one build. Families are listed by how many sources they appear in.

Core itemsNearly all one shape

81.3%Ability power ×2

5.9%Durability ×1Ability power ×1

5.1%Durability ×3

Runes2 patterns

80.9%ElectrocuteDomination ×3

14.4%ElectrocuteInspiration ×3

Less common item familiesItems from families under 10% of the Chinese combos, but found in other sources

Ability haste item optionsItems seenChinese combos 2.0%Overseas guides 2 itemsStreamers and pros 0 of 3

Core items (3)22 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
16.5%48.9%
5.3%39.7%
4.1%64.9%
3.5%57.1%
3.1%58.1%
3.1%55.8%
2.9%55.0%
2.1%72.4%
2.0%57.1%
2.0%64.3%
1.7%70.8%
1.7%56.5%
1.4%52.6%
1.4%73.7%
1.4%57.9%
1.3%61.1%
1.2%58.8%
1.2%41.2%
1.0%64.3%
1.0%71.4%
1.0%85.7%
1.0%50.0%

Runes13 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
20.7%49.6%
13.5%55.2%
8.0%55.5%
7.9%43.8%
4.7%53.1%
2.3%64.6%
2.1%52.3%
1.7%48.6%
1.3%48.1%
1.1%59.1%
1.0%66.7%
1.0%47.6%
1.0%47.6%

Summoner spells3 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
49.4%51.0%
44.3%53.2%
4.5%53.3%

Pick and win rates are Tencent's own figures, shown as published (sample sizes are not published).

Streamer and pro builds3 builds

Streamer / proCore itemsKeystone, spells
抖音Yukiya
抖音哦哟哟
月游神

Chinese streamer and pro builds published by Tencent (pros first). Support items are not included.

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.0cChanged7.1Changed7.1eChanged7.3Changed

7.3Changed2026-09-22

Base Stats

Attack Speed Ratio: 0.658
Base Attack Speed: 0.658
Base Bonus Attack Speed: 0.14
Attack Speed per Level: 0.015

7.1eChanged2026-05-13

Caretaker's Shrine

Charge Time: 15/15/15/15s → 15/14.5/14/13.5s

Tempered Fate

Cooldown: 80/70/60s → 75/65/55s

7.1Changed2026-04-07

Tempered Fate

Incoming indicator timing: After the ability is cast → When the ability begins casting

7.0cChanged2026-02-11

Base Stats

Attack Range：550 → 500

Cosmic Binding

Base Damage：90/140/190/240 → 80/130/180/230
Reduced the energy bolt travel speed.
Narrowed the hit detection width of the energy bolt.

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

Analysis

Nothing equipped

Combat Power at Lv15 is 11,899 (#52 of 142, #2 of 10 Support). About the same as #59 at Lv1.

LvLv 15

Stats 75% · Skills 25%

Growth by level

BardMedianSupport median

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Crowd control1,626

Damage665

Stat buffs268

Heals & shields205

Slows138

Movement36

1%Share that works on allies

4.2sTime the enemy is stopped per fight

Growth by level

Lv	CP	Median	Support median	Rank
1	5,988	5,897	5,698	59
2	6,425	6,459	6,346	77
3	6,645	6,934	6,640	101
4	7,213	7,485	7,136	91
5	7,939	7,899	7,482	71
6	8,343	8,244	7,808	65
7	8,623	8,552	8,082	68
8	9,199	8,948	8,372	58
9	9,599	9,378	8,762	58
10	9,995	9,716	9,079	55
11	10,282	10,018	9,345	57
12	10,849	10,461	9,731	55
13	11,194	10,786	10,031	54
14	11,602	11,138	10,369	49
15	11,899	11,462	10,624	52

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Level 15 values with nothing equipped.

AttackDefenseMobility

- Empowered attack from consuming a meep173G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sDamage valued like healing
- Magic damage1,135G
- Slow871G
- Crowd control (stun on a second hit)1,371G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sSurvival factorMove speed % as flatChampion medianOne fight per 90sFight length: 10 sSkill ranks from level
- Move speed228G
- Heal (minimum guarantee)409G
Combat only: 50%Survival factorMove speed % as flatChampion medianSkill ranks from level
- Crowd control (2.5 s stasis)2,016G
One fight per 90sFight length: 10 sRead as a similar priceChampion medianSkill ranks from level

Gold values with nothing equipped. Ratios such as AP grow with your build in the Build Lab. Tap a row to see the formula. Includes the stack estimate (TRAVELER’S CALL).

Assumptions

Combat only: 50%

Effects that only work in combat or under a condition are counted as active half the time. The same rule applies to every rune and spell.

At most once per 8s

Effects that re-trigger on attacks are counted at most once every 8 seconds, since a single fight only allows so many procs.

Damage valued like healing

Damage to an enemy is valued like healing yourself the same amount, priced with the health regen rate.

Survival factor

Moving faster by some % is counted as that % more effective health, since speed lets you dodge and escape. Value = median max health × the speed gain × the health price.

Move speed % as flat

Move speed % is converted to flat move speed against the median base speed of 350, then priced at the flat rate.

Champion median

Values that depend on the champion, such as health, use the median of all champions at level 1 and level 15.

One fight per 90s

A 15-minute match is assumed to have 10 fights. Shields and damage blocks that work once per fight are counted as extra health in every fight.

Fight length: 10 s

Crowd control that stops the enemy (stun, charm, etc.) is treated as time you aren't being hit. A fight is assumed to last 10 s, so it counts as holding seconds ÷ 10 × median max health in extra health each fight. Uses are capped like shields: the fewer of cooldown uses and fights.

Skill ranks from level

A champion's ability values depend on rank, so rank is derived from level. The ultimate ranks up at levels 5 / 9 / 13. Remaining points go to abilities 1 → 2 → 3 in turn (1 / 0 / 0 at level 1, 4 / 4 / 4 at level 15). Which ability to max first is a judgement call, so every champion uses the same order. Abilities with a different number of ranks (such as Jayce's 5) follow the same rule, raising the lowest-ranked ability one point at a time; an ability learned from level 1 starts at rank 1.

Read as a similar price

Effects without a price are read as the closest existing formula: vision as avoiding a gank death (half an escape tool's chance), blocking attacks or projectiles as a shield for the same time, untargetable time (invisibility, etc.) as crowd control on the enemy, range as the move speed of the approach distance saved, experience as gold (1 = 0.5 gold), and stolen or reduced enemy stats as stats (or defense) you gain.

Line: min to max · tick: median

HP2,340#92

Armor117#5

Magic Resist57#77

Attack103#94

Attack Speed0.888#108

Move Speed355#14

HP regen19#48

MP1,080#53

MP regen18#115

Lv 15	Bard	Min	Median	Max
HP	2,340	1,832	2,422	2,732
Armor	117	34	104	127
Magic Resist	57	45	60	80
Attack	103	50	109.5	147
Attack Speed	0.888	0.735	0.951	1.252
Move Speed	355	335	350	360
HP regen	19	14	19	29
MP	1,080	802	1,080	1,390
MP regen	18	16	25	36

Rank and min to max are among all 142 champions. Mana stats are among the 119 champions that use mana.

Available Skins

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Bard

Skills

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