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Proposal for Bard Buffs

Jamener··2 votes·1,835 views

AA: longer range

Passive: Scaling flat mana return

Passive: Meeps/Auto attack faster missile speed

Q faster missile speed, longer range

W faster charge time or heal for more

Ult: Faster missile speed

Right now, Bard feels unresponsive. These changes could help him be able to react faster to his environment. Bard has some great tools, but they feel like they take half a second to hit and this has allowed enemy champs to sneak in the killing blow too often.

And, honestly, a 10-second wait and 100 mana for a 70hp heal at level 1? That's a bit overkill cost-wise, don't you think? Sure the movespeed isn't anything to laugh at but it's stationary, can be walked over by the enemy, and is not as easy to use as other heals are. I haven't suggested a change to the mana cost of it because I do think it can be powerful in the right situations, but I REALLY think bard should be compensated with higher mana return on his passive.

3 Comments

Jamener3 votes

Just played a game vs Morg and Jinx. Could not get in range to do anything and the black shield was just awful to play against. Felt extremely useless the entire game.

Bard DEFINITELY needs some buffs.

FourVsFive1 votes

he seems to all ready be good, people even jungle with him. He new people still learning how to get full potential out of him. That ult of his is a game changer.

rangerike13631 votes

All of Bard's CC is tied up in slow moving abilites and getting the root on q is very hard as well especially with it's really short range, however, Bard has a lot of tools and when played right is a beast. He can kite exceptionally well once he has at least 2 meeps and a good number of chimes for greater aoe slows, but his real power is in his ULT. A well placed ult can turn just about any game around, but it's also extremely hard to hit due to it's slow speed.

The power of his heals are from their clutch use, not their stored value. Once he gets some AP, the clutch heals do a very good job of keeping people alive and getting them safely away from the fight. As well, his e is totally trollzy and I've completely evaded people just by using it right. I imagine Bard will see some small tweaks, but I don't want him to get too much because then people will actually start playing him heavily

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