Rito, he is weak/ hard-to-play/ requires a cohesive team that works together/ lacks mobility. Furthermore, supports are in a pretty bad spot right now in soloq. Why does he even exist alongside champs such as fizz and zed? Truth be told, Fizz could make for a better support than him in soloq.
Rito champ creation/ balance team obviously doesn't know their game.
Marthian1 votesSounds like you haven't run into a good bard player. I've seen some good ones even in SoloQ.
Fraggleroc1 votesNo one in their right mind will make a champ like that when the game is in this unbalanced state. If they fix the mobility issues etc, yeah maybe Bard will have a place in soloq. Not saying he's weak in pro LC$BigPlay$ though.
Alic3W1 votesi play bard , i dnt say I'm a good bard player , but he is really fun to play with. If you find a good bard player , he can stun + allows turrent dive + heal + saves you in a bad team fight.
NoMonku1 votesBard is fine as a support. His laning is inferior to most other traditional supports, but it is made up for with his ability to roam. The main reason I think you see Bard as such a "bad" champion is because he has a bigger margin for error compared to all other champions. Since Bard can roam a lot because of his mobility, if he roams at a bad time, his lane partner(ADC) gets punished. He is also encouraged to roam to pick up chimes to increase his passive. His Q is a conditional stun that if missed, will involve you taking a lot of damage, but if you land it, you can lock up two of your opponents. His ultimate is also the same way. If you land it on opposing champions, you can easily set up a wombo combo and kill them, but if you miss it, you gimp your team incredibly hard. He has extremes which is why he is disliked. Play him well and you are greatly rewarded, but if you play him badly, you might as well have just been AFK.