Adding More Depth To Bard
So I dont think Bard needs straight up buffs to his current spell numbers, because they are overall reasonable right now. However, I was thinking and I think there could be some pretty unique interactions between Bard's abilities to add more depth to him and mainly decision making. Meaning to make his portal have a reason to level it past level 1 before Level 13 and making his other spells combo togethet for unique effects. Here is some ideas I had.
Q- Cosmic Binding
- If Cosmic Binding passes over a Caretaker Shrine, the shrine will be fully charged immediately. However, for every shrine Cosmic Binding passes over, the damage is reduced by 25%
- If Cosmic Binding is cast through a portal, all enemies currently inside the portal will be affected. If more than one unit is inside the portal, they will all also be stunned
W- Caretaker Shrine
- Cool Down increased to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds from 12 seconds at all ranks
E- Magical Journey
- Ally Movement Speed Increase reduced to 10/15/20/25/30% from 10/20/30/40/50%
- Mana Cost increased to 30/35/40/45/50 mana from 30 mana at all ranks
- At Level 2, allied units who enter the Magical Journey will gain 20/30/40/50 armor and magic resist while inside the portal and for 1 second upon exiting
- At Level 3, enemies who enter the portal will also be slowed by 50/75/100% of the allied speed boost
- At Level 4, allied units who enter the portal will be healed for 25/50% of an uncharged Caretaker Shrine upon entering and exiting the portal
- At Level 5, if Bard travels through his portal, he can recast the ability after a 1.5 second delay to make a portal that will travel from the ending of the portal back to the entrance of the portal at a 25 mana cost
R- Tempered Fate
- Casting Tempered Fate on enemies currently slowed or stunned by Cosmic Binding will cause the slow or stun to be reapplied to the enemies for 50% of the duration when Tempered Fate ends
- Tempered Fate has 20% of it's mana cost refunded for every champion hit
Eh? I think this could add some more thinking to Bard. Chime limiters could also be placed on some of these to make them not available early game as well.
