Why is Bard allowed in Ranked?

FistOfSharkiesha··1 votes·559 views

His winrate is the lowest of any supports and it's pretty obvious why. He turns a 5v5 into a 4v6. He ults me and interrupts my ultimate. He ults me when I'm running so enemies catch up to me. He ults me when I'm chasing so enemies get away. This is whether he's trolling or not. He has a terrible kit and attracts trolls and bad players. His gameplay encourages abandoning his ADC to die. I'm going to have to just dodge every time I see one on my team if the team captain doesn't ban him. I've never won a game with a bard. This is coming from someone who doesn't even ADC. I can't imagine how awful it is to be a great ADC only to lose lane and die because Bard causes her to get killed.

This isn't a QQ thread, this is a very serious issue, at the very least it is in low elo. Bard and Tahm Kench cause you to lose games, intentionally or not. It's one thing when someone feeds or afks. It's another thing when they actively prevent me from carrying by disrupting me. Fix his kit, make him more viable and less trolly, or disable him from ranked entirely. This is absolutely toxic.

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Deep Terror Nami2 votes

Bard is not bad on his own. Players make him seem bad. He's a perfectly viable champion (as evidenced by high tier players that actually know how to use him, such as Aphromoo). The problem is that his skill floor is much higher than most supports, since you need good decision making to play him and not just being able to hit a skillshot.

Aeolian Melodies1 votes

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Bard is not bad on his own. Players make him seem bad. He's a perfectly viable champion (as evidenced by high tier players that actually know how to use him, such as Aphromoo). The problem is that his skill floor is much higher than most supports, since you need good decision making to play him and not just being able to hit a skillshot.

Janna hi.

(I'll give you that she's been around far longer than him though)

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Not sure what you're implying. Janna is very good at all elos and doesn't really have a high skill floor. Her disengage skills are less about making the correct decision and more about reacting quickly enough.

Stiv12342 votes

He just has a really high skill cap, like Zed Yasuo Riven . The difference between those champions and Bard is that Bard actually has to play well to be useful, while the others can stomp even when you arent good with them.

IcyPepper2 votes

Why is any champion allowed in ranked?

TheFameAnimal2 votes

Bard is an excellent champ imo, but he can be reeeeeealy hard to play/carry games with because his ult is very risky and that he needs to roam a lot as well.

Xonra1 votes

I'd rather have Bard ult than people trolling me with Tahm (on my team) eating me and stopping ults, tps, recalls, etc.

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