Bard and Patch 5.7
I am not sure what the balance team was/is thinking, the buffs did very little to solve any of the Bard's problems.
1 > CHIME MANA RESTORE - Nice, but most good supports had little trouble with mana issues on the Bard 2 > MEEP RESPAWN TIME - Again nice, but in team fights it does little and in lane his auto-attack range and MS still puts him in harms way too often 3 > Q - Cosmic Binding Dmg Upped - Again Again nice, BUT mostly this is like adding nitrous to a moped, just silly!!
Here is what the Bard needs:
- Instead of powering up attacks on every 5 chimes, make it power up on every 4
- Increase auto attack range to 525
- Increase movement speed up to 335
- Reduce mana cost on caretaker's shrine(heals) by 20, and up the heal base by 25
- Clean up the hit boxes on Q - Cosmic Binding, just a touch, and maybe a SMALL increase in range
Fixed!