Bard Support

S0kaX·Sep 4, 2016·1 votes·455 views

What should I buy as Bard Support? I rush to build tank than I build some AP. Is it a good build?

10 Comments

RequiemsfireSep 4, 20162 votes

item 3092 would make your ult much easier to land item 2045 for health and obvious warding item 3110 if dealing with auto attack based champions since ya know great item no matter how you build it item 3117 What else are you gonna build on a roaming support like Bard

Follow up with whatever you want, I'd like to note that sometimes when my team is snowballing I buy a item 3057 early on for some extra burst since bard actually does a lot of damage with his Q auto auto thunderlords combo.

Gary B EnkelisSep 4, 20161 votes

Don't forget item 3364 + item 2043 If they have lots of AOE and/or magic damage: item 3105 into item 3190 or item 3060 . If they have lots of CC or important CC (like Ashe ultimate): item 3222 . item 2138 late game.

Typical end-game build can look like: item 3364 item 2045 item 2043 item 3117 item 3190 item 3110 item 3092

That has your vision control, mobility, and 40% CDR.

Excess lategame gold can go into upkeeping item 2043 and item 2138 .

item 3024 can build into item 3110 or item 3050 depending on the situation. item 3082 can build into or item 3143 depending on the situation.

If their team is all AD then you can maybe replace item 3105 with something else like item 3075 . I dunno. Everything is situational but your core on any support is almost always item 2045 item 3364 item 2043 item 3117 .

RequiemsfireSep 4, 20162 votes

Well this pretty much applies to any support champion. I mean if you're not upgrading to oracle lens then you're doing your team a bit of a disservice.

Gary B EnkelisSep 4, 20161 votes

Yes, supports typically build the same way. We don't know if the original poster knows, so I included it.

GibberwattSep 4, 20161 votes

I have to say I am a mediocre bard (aka I suck as him). however, I think building something like rod, and then morellomonicum, would be good. both would give you mana, which he tends to blow through pretty fast. Rod would give you some nice health, and morell would give you that greivous wounds, which would help if the enemy builds lifesteal/soraka. Finally, Morell would give you a bunch of cd, which would let you spam stuff some more with all that extra mana you have. Then I would build straight speed, so you can roam better. Meaning, dead man's and mobi boots (the really fast ones, not just swiftness, since you're gonna be zooming though the woods a lot). Then you could add another tank item, depending on who you're facing. If you go eye of the watchers, you'll have plenty of health, so I suggest zzrot portal, since that is my most favorite tank item ever. finally, you have your supp item, which I'm guessing youve been building slowly this whole time.

Final build: item 3092 / item 2301 with item 3027 item 3165 item 3117 item 3742 , final item item 3512 / item 3102 / item 3065 item 3068 item 3504 (moar speed, plus your heals are better and moar cd)

S0kaXSep 4, 20161 votes

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I have to say I am a mediocre bard (aka I suck as him). however, I think building something like rod, and then morellomonicum, would be good. both would give you mana, which he tends to blow through pretty fast. Rod would give you some nice health, and morell would give you that greivous wounds, which would help if the enemy builds lifesteal/soraka. Finally, Morell would give you a bunch of cd, which would let you spam stuff some more with all that extra mana you have. Then I would build straight speed, so you can roam better. Meaning, dead man's and mobi boots (the really fast ones, not just swiftness, since you're gonna be zooming though the woods a lot). Then you could add another tank item, depending on who you're facing. If you go eye of the watchers, you'll have plenty of health, so I suggest zzrot portal, since that is my most favorite tank item ever. finally, you have your supp item, which I'm guessing youve been building slowly this whole time.

Final build: / with , final item // (moar speed, plus your heals are better and moar cd)

Thanks

GibberwattSep 4, 20161 votes

No problem. I do suck at him, though, so you might wanna take my build with a grain of salt. It might be completely useless

Raja ChachkiSep 4, 20161 votes

IMO it's just too much AP and a support can't be saving up for one expensive item that takes 10min to stack and another than he doesn't gain much from except for the CDR. Bard's AP scalings are bad, if you are gonna go AP on him, build some penetration.