how to play bard top

Alright, when you think about the ideal top laner, Bard fits that title pretty damn well.

I'm gonna get this started by listing the runes needed to make your time as bard top easier

MARKS; 9X FLAT AD MARKS

SEALS: 9X FLAT ARMOR OR 9X HP PER LEVEL

GLYPHS: 9X FLAT CDR

QUINTS: 2X FLAT AD 1X FLAT CDR

                                                                                          **_WHY THIS???_**

With Bard's range, you can safely autoattack for harass at level 1. these runes make it so that after 2-3 aa's and a q, followed by a few more aa's, any melee, and even some ranged are going to be forced to back off. its also very easy to freeze, and hard to push a lane as bard, so keep that in mind.

for masteries, just build cunning for thunderlords, and then rest in Resolve.

build and an hp pot level 1. go to lane, and harass in an out of the bush on the enemy laner. if you use your q well, you can land 3-4 uncontested autos on the enemy laner, doing around 300+ damage. If you get low on mana you can always leave lane, collect chimes, and then magical journey back and stun freeze lane in front of turret.

Next comes

when i think of an ideal top, i think of a guy who can stun anyone for me, can soak some damage, and can also give pretty solid hits for squishy's hp.

with this build, you're going to be a very fast. very slippery CC bot with solid damage, and a BUNCH of tankiness. Either the enemy team is going to focus you for nothing(its really hard to die with this build), or you're going to stay there and cc them until your team gets the win.

bard's chime minigame is the ultimate incentive for a teleport sporting top laner. bonus damage and mana regen just for travelling lanes, getting chimes, and ganking for teammmates to snowball them.