Well bard has been out for a little
it wasnt long, he wasnt in a rotation yet but i think that many people managed to get some good games with him and we can get some feedback
so please share -how did he do ? -how did he build? -was he an asset ? -did he feel rewarding to play?
as i played him and saw him in my games i need to say he is fun, but kinda under the line when it comes to ballance -collecting chimes is not wery rewarding, you get behind in exp and your team loses a very important person
-he isnt realy a tank but at the same time he does little damage throughout the game with his medicore utility (his e and ult can suport both him and the enemy team, and well he isnt as loaded as thresh or nami, nor he has a direction in his kit like leona does) so either he isnt tnky enough or his scalings are too bad
-the chimes cap is unobtainable, its 150 chimes and in 1 hour long games where bards literaly left their teams just to pick up chimes they got around 100 of them , so in average game he might get maybe 70 chimes when not competing to the game
-also the out of combat speed buff is too short, its realy rare for his chimes to spawn close enough to stack that buff
-also the chimes should not be random, you said that they can spawn anywhere but will usualy spawn closer to him, this means that you can get literaly no chimes just because you are unlucky, bard is a roaming support but he wont roam top and those chimes are the core of his power since loads of damage and utility is gated by them
his kit is enjoyable