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Seeing Bard consistently banned at MSI

Dataless··6 votes·1,543 views

Mixed feelings about this, at one hand I'm upset because it means I don't get to watch my favorite champion be played by the best players in each region. On the other it means he's a powerful enough support pick not named Alistar that he's worth a ban, that's a win in my book.

Bard is love, Bard is life.

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AttackOfTheBeard4 votes

Bard main for life. the only champion I can play now that brings me joy in this shitty game called League

Dataless2 votes

Preach brother! I'm right there with you, Bard is love, Bard is life.

BioticBrony2 votes

Playing Bard is the best, especially AP Bard mid in which your meeps can do 350+ damage late game.

I played AP Bard mid so much I forgot how to play Bard Support.

Dataless1 votes

I've had a few mid lane Bard games. The laning phase can be a bit precarious but come mid/late game when it's all team fights it's a lot of fun playing a high damage utility carry with that level of map mobility and utility.

AnarchAL1 votes

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Bard main for life. the only champion I can play now that brings me joy in this shitty game called League

I feel dat brutha

Miror B1 votes

Wouldn't necessarily blame the bans on the fact that he's powerful, moreso that there are not one but TWO good bard players in the tournament (aphro/dumbledoge) and three supports (wolf, swordart, hybrid) who aren't really known for playing it.

Dataless1 votes

True, the Asians don't play Bard because Alistar Braum Trundle crowd everything else out, but it's still nice to see him getting respect banned.

71883083DEL11 votes

dude ive been seeing butt loads of bards in random draft recently

all support or adc

Dataless1 votes

He's an astonishingly powerful support in the hands of a skilled player.

EDIT: Although, as a Bard main, I am completely biased towards him.

71883083DEL11 votes

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He's an astonishingly powerful support in the hands of a skilled player.

EDIT: Although, as a Bard main, I am completely biased towards him.

i can agree with you, watching FW right now i can say for a fact that his role takes very little team communication though. ;3

Dataless1 votes

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i can agree with you, watching FW right now i can say for a fact that his role takes very little team communication though. ;3

I think you mean a lot of communication? or maybe sarcasm and I just didn't catch it. Swordart played a very poor Bard, he didn't land a single stun after his ult, it was a tad disappointing to watch.

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Dataless1 votes

I agree with you, I think if that we're Aphromoo playing Bard we would have seen a night & day shift in the champions impact on the game.

DeathToEcchi1 votes

Swordart got a lot of flack for his Bard, but I feel that was his team not knowing how to play around it (the Poppy whiff?). He landed some sick ults that ultimately came to nothing.

Dataless2 votes

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Swordart got a lot of flack for his Bard, but I feel that was his team not knowing how to play around it (the Poppy whiff?). He landed some sick ults that ultimately came to nothing.

While Swordart did land a few good Bard ults the problem I had was mostly the fact that he couldn't land the follow-up Q stun even a single time, despite being in a position to do so. It's not 100% his fault either, Bard requires a lot of team coordination and the Poppy whiff was bad too.

The timing window on that Q stun is ridiculously small, like .25 seconds small. It was obviously a practiced Bard, but not a perfected Bard.

DeathToEcchi1 votes

Agreed

The Deckowner1 votes

tbh swordart is not good at bard, he gets caught a lot and he waste coamic binding when he doesn't need to which result in not having the cd when enemy engage.

YCitizenSnipsY1 votes

Needs to be nerfed, that cosmic binding might have the most stupid hitbox in the game. Stuns to anything.

Guyy Fieri1 votes

You wanna talk about stupid hot boxes....how about Morgana snare, or Lux snare or ult

At least when Bards q, it actually looked like it should've hit you

YCitizenSnipsY1 votes

Yeah, then it attaches to Scuttle crab when you in the mid lane.

Guyy Fieri1 votes

I actually haven't ever seen that happen...I can imagine where it could tho

Hardstuck G41 votes

I played my first Bard game ever, and oh my god it was the funnest thing. It was quite a while ago, but I loved it, and I'm saving up for Bard now that I have all the ADCs. The AurelionSol Udyr Poppy were my friends who are always out to insult me, but they had nothing to say that game. And the Ezreal and enemy team were completely wowed. It was so satisfying playing him http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2146039103/42084383?tab=overview

The Deckowner1 votes

Bard seiously need his Q hitbox fixed, it is kinda like poppy stun except more stupid.

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