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Bard [Suggestions]

Zaiho·7/26/2015, 6:36:49 AM·7 votes·1,226 views

Edit 1: Thank you everyone for giving me your honest opinions and being very kind about it (most of you). I have changed some of them so they don't seem "honest to god bullshit".

Bard As you know, this champion is very rarely picked and has a 1% pick rate. I'm one of those people who main him, and honestly, he's great. However, he could have a little more attention.

Bard is the "Wandering Caretaker". It's a very exotic title, however, there's a couple instances when his heals just don't work out as you want them to.

First off, I believe Bard deserves a much higher heal on his W. Yes, you can leave three. Yes, they give you a momentary speed buff. Yes, that speed buff often saves lives. However, when compared to other supports, such as Sona, Soraka, etc. They have much higher damage and heal more frequently. His shrine also takes an abnormally high amount of mana, however it is very understandable due to the fact that the heals are practically stationary for, seriously, the whole game. Unless they are taken or destroyed. Taken from a comment below, his W should get a lesser buildup time as you rank it up. His W takes a huge chunk of mana, does not heal very much, and takes 10 seconds to reach full power. And it still doesn't heal very much.

Second, his Q, Cosmic Binding. This is amazing. Honestly, I don't think it needs any work except for the fact that cough Morgana&'s Dark Binding cough Lux's Light Binding cough. I just don't think the stun is long enough. However, it is very easy to finish someone off that has been slowed or even stunned. I take back my earlier comment, maybe it is stronger than Lux's and Morgana's Q's. It slows you on hit, providing you a chance to kill that opponent or deal heavy damage, and can stun them if it hits a wall or a minion/enemy Champion. Although, the range to hit a wall or enemy Champion should be longer, as it is difficult to stun them if its after range is so short.

Third, Magical Journey, his E. I gotta say, this is my favorite skill on Bard. The gank possibilities are amazing. Except this and his Tempered Fate ultimate can be game changers. They can send you to your death, win a gank, or put it at a standstill. (I once Tempered Fate Yasuo mid ult COUGH). I think his Magical Journey is amazing, but maybe something could make it a little more, lets say, rewarding? As you level up your Magical Journey, you're able to travel through it faster along with your allies as the enemies travel through it slower... Than you. I think Magical Journey should slow down the enemy at max level and allow you to be more sneaky sneaky with your ganks.

Last but still the greatest ult in the game (in my opinion), his R, Tempered Fate. Now this is really a game changer. Its 50/50. Although sometimes, it feels 25/75. Yes, that 75% is on the enemy team. I just think it takes too long to cast his ultimate to the max distance which could potentially save an ally champion. Maybe you could possibly increase its traveling speed as the skill is ranked up? However this may deter some Bard mains such as myself because we have gotten used to predicting with its speed, so this is 50/50.

Thank you for listening to me rant about stuff Bard needs (for example his R and W, but those are really the only ones I have a problem with, I honest to god wouldn't care if you left alone his Q and E because those are the best skills in the game (in my opinion)] have and how he should get more attention!

-SUKIPA Zaiho (Super Kawaii Pandas)

16 Comments

insaiyanbacca7/26/2015, 6:42:32 AM2 votes

i like this, also what does one build on bard usually?

Qarekeo7/26/2015, 8:58:40 AM1 votes

The thing about Bard is that in any rank above Gold his winrate goes up to 55% and stays there. He's very dependent on teamwork, but also really powerful when he has it.

If they want to rebalance him, it would probably be power at the cost of utility to make him more even across the tiers. Personally I think he's fine as long as you build him right. He just needs either more people to learn how he works, or to be made simpler so lower tier players easier understand him. I don't know what they touch to fix his tier winrate disparity (if they want to).

Shénzhì7/26/2015, 2:39:14 PM1 votes

His shrines need to have a max of 3 on recharging to be cast like Gangplank's barrels. Suddenly three shrines charging-up is very effective as original post may be asking for.

I do understand and agree that Bard's healing is weak. Maybe it's meant to be that way, and that's fine but this idea will help to Even with other healers.

Gafugarion7/26/2015, 10:43:25 PM1 votes

Bard is in a good spot, I wouldn't mind seeing a buff on w though. I think the heal after charge could be buffed, or the time to charge could be lowered to help his lane. Or lower the mana cost a little. Its rough keeping 2-3 down and roaming to get chimes for mana while keeping the proper pressure to not get your adc gibbed.

Lugg7/26/2015, 11:01:02 PM1 votes

Bard is my favorite champion and I really love his kit. However, his is very dependent on his team for wins. That is why he is very risky at low ELO.

I agree that his W needs a MAJOR buff. Even with all 3 heals, it is pretty pathetic. Riot needs to change it so that it is still weak on initial cast, but scales up to AT LEAST double the heal at 10 seconds. If they did that, his heals would actually be worth the mana cost.

Another thing he needs buffed on is his damage. It is ridiculously low until you get 70 chimes, which is rare in most games. His AA attack does basically no damage at all. You could literally nerf buff his damage 10% and no one would even notice.

Finally, his ult needs a QoL buff. It needs to finish casting even if you die. It is VERY frustrating to get the cast animation to start, with the projectile on the way, and then it just stops if you die.

Ben Sharpio7/26/2015, 11:41:13 PM1 votes

This is god honest bullcrap. I've never played bard as a support and his kit is perfect. Nothing needs to be changed about him. He is very good on his own and to see that people keep asking for buffs is just stupid. It's almost like you guys don't know how to play him properly and keep wanting buffs because you SUCK with him.