[Bard] Bard-Only Player Feedback

Hello! I am Hamblin the Bard, a Bard only player! My main was Platinum last season, but I wanted to take a different approach on League of Legends by focusing solely on one champion.

I've heard mixed reviews of Bard, whether he is good or bad, whether his utility is worth the low damage, etc...

I'd guess I only have around 30 or so games with him, so take my word as low or high as you want!

I believe that there are some conflicts with his objectives. What I mean by this is he is a support, meaning he needs to assist his lane partner to assure his success. At the same time, he must collect chimes that spawn at semi-random points on the map. A smart Bard will take time to collect these chimes only when it is safe to do so (i.e. enemy has recalled, or dead) However, I feel that in lanes with champions that are farm-based, this doesn't work so well. They need your constant attention, and you can't roam **nearly **as much as you could if you had a lane partner that can handle him/herself.

This has brought me to the conclusion that some of his stats need to change for early game. In particular, I am referring to Caretaker's Shrine.

I believe that the scaling on its mana cost is not balanced. You will find level 1/2 that the mana cost is huge, effectively taking ~1/3 of your mana. However, late game, you barely even notice mana problems. Because of this, I think that the cost should be lowered level 1, and the cost increased when maxed. On a similar note, I also believe the CD should be changed to a lower number level 1, and increase later.

Why these changes?

We can all agree that early game is vital to the outcome of the game, and a games outcome can sometimes be dictated by early game alone. This is a crucial time for ADC's to get ahead of their opponent, and to do that they need to outfarm and outpoke them. They can't do this with a roaming Bard! What these changes do is allow for Bard to place more health shrines down early to make up for his absence in lane.

That's all I am suggesting as of now. I personally think the pathing on his Magical Journey is pretty funky, but I won't get into that.

I'd love to hear input about my suggestions from other Bard players, or anyone this is relevant to.

Thank you very much for your time!