A few Bard Questions

RookPusher·Nov 18, 2017·1 votes·601 views

Did they nerf him? He seems weaker in three ways: a. His MS even with Mobi's seems low b. His Meeps don't seem to hit as hard
I've been playing around with the runes. I'm trying to Riot-approved Good Guy Bard runes, but both they and Champ.gg suggest Revitalize over Overgrowth which I don't understand. His heals were never great post-level 6, and I often use them for speed-ups or on-heal effects. Did they buff his heals? 10% of not much seems to be not much.
I'm using Font of Life. Does this trigger from item-based movement impairing effects? e.g.
Do you take Waterwalking?
Did they reduce his chime generation rate?
I'm currently running

Glacial Hextech - this tear just sucks Future Markets Cosmic Insight

then

Ultimate Hat Celarity

Thoughts?

2 Comments

SuperCosmicHoboNov 18, 20171 votes

I'd probably run open spellbook for smite. Bard's drive-by smite is good. If Bard is still gaining 15 for each 5 meep, he should be fine.

Meep ManNov 18, 20171 votes

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/preseason-update/8300-8326?build=40110173

This is my current Rune set up. Most of what you asked is no, they haven't nerfed Bard at all. Also, Revitalize is mainly for healing from items, like Redemption and Athene's, but I don't take it anyways. Font of Life does trigger items.

I don't run Glacial as it synergizes poorly with Meeps as the slow doesn't change too much from the Meep slow. Never underestimate Biscuit dude. They can give you a ton of extra sustain in lane. They are the most useful on this tier in my opinion. Future Markets is good, same with Insight. I actually invest into the Domination tree as the 40% reduced item CDR from Ingenious Hunter and the extra vision from Zombie Wards or Ghost Poro is extremely useful for a Support.