State of Bard

I am curious to ask for a consensus about bard's state currently, post patch 5.7

Imo, I think Bard is much more viable, but still in a dire situation. Bard's cosmic binding (Q) is too slow. Dodging is simple. For a champion that does nearly zero damage per game, you would think he should be designed to at least have a wet noodle attack that actually hits, or vice versa (big damage, difficult to hit). Or at least, his roaming should be terrifying, where a lot of the times, people go hunting for Bard because he is just so damn weak. Oh look, a wild Bard appeared, not concerned. I feel like players look at Bard as a free snack, versus , we should move away from Bard as you see with other roam champs (Blitz, Braum, Sona, Morg, etc).

Bard's Q is somewhat like Janna's : you disrupt, and hope your teammate punishes. The difference being Janna can protect teammate, encouraging him to punish. Bard Q's and stands there PJsalting his teammate cuz he couldn't engage. Maybe if there was a bit of damage done , different story, but Bard's Q does no damage. Furthermore, Janna's ultimate compliments her shield, again, giving more options to punish, also much more value in teamfights.

I don't really want to influence the posts in the thread too much, so I'll just stop there.

If you look at http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Base_champion_statistics you do see that his base stats are actually pretty damn good, relative to other supports. I just feel like there is no IT factor, there is no real place for Bard. He seems like a champion you want to play for fun, but definitely not seriously. My prediction is that Bard will be left under the bed with the other older toys: Elise, Zilean, Ryze...

Again, the idea behind this post is to just poll the public and see the general feel for Bard post 5.7 As well as to see if anyone has creative ideas, or exploits to make him OP, etc...