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Bard is old news but still

Im Very Tired·6/8/2015, 7:37:39 PM·1 votes·434 views

CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS POST Ok so I wanna touch on a few things about Bard. He is a very fun but dumb champion and many people would agree with that. So you have one abilitie (Q) that does any poke or damage and the angle on that thing to get a stun requires skill or lots of practice. Most of the time he leaves lane to go get chimes which leaves your vulnerable adc alone! I mean the chimes come in handy with the upgrades which help with some damage, they give some xp with is nice and the mana they give is handy for when you're oom but still. I am a support main and whenever I decide to play bard you can feel everyone in that game groan thinking that you're going to troll or feed. Bard can be useful, you can make engaging easier or you can help someone escape or avoid an ulti. Actually let's talk about the ult, as i just said it can be useful but the range on that thing is horrible. I have to be standing very close to whomever I would like to ult. I also think that Bards ult should do something else including the placing people in stasis. I got some suggestions in the comments such as what if it healed off of the percent of the allies health, I was also thinking it could blow enemies back like Janna ult and hold the allies or enemy's in stasis. Like add an area around the ult where you would be in stasis and if an enemy is in that area they get pushed back. I'm not saying it should deal a lot of damage but some would be nice. I know I may be the only one who thinks this but still

9 Comments

Kazaashi6/8/2015, 8:13:37 PM4 votes

I find he works very well as a utility tank. His scalings are crap, so AP is a waste and he only has 1 ability that does dmg, so the whole pokey, damaging Bard is a bad idea. Bard is about utility and needs to be loaded up with as much of it as possible. Try going Spellthief's, Mobility boots, SS, Frozen Heart (1st completed item), Randuins/Banshee's Veil/Locket.

Meep Man6/8/2015, 8:20:08 PM1 votes

I usually ultimate to position my Q whenever I can. That way I nearly always get at least 1 enemy stunned. What I personally think should happen is Bard's ultimate should heal allies over the duration of the stasis. About 6/12/18% of their missing health over the 2.5 seconds. Also, the enemy's cool downs should be frozen during the Bard ultimate. If that was done, it would help Bard a lot in a team fight to help contribute a lot more than the current "Every 4.2 seconds Im throwing out a possible stun" and "Every 6 seconds, an enhanced AoE slow basic attack". I also think Meep's should do more damage early on because, currently, Thresh outclasses Bard's meeps until very late in the game.

Truly Prideful6/8/2015, 9:26:36 PM1 votes

I think Bard is fine as he is. The ONLY change I would give him is something for his W. Maybe let it get stronger with the more chimes you collect. Other than that, he needs nothing. He works well as a sticky utility tank or even a pure support with solid peel ability.

Also, adding damage to his ult would make no sense. When it hits, they are in stasis, how does it do damage? His ult is poweful enough as is. It has excellent pick potential as well has having the ability to peel well.