Any Ideas for Tank Bard Builds?
Hello again.
I've written quite a few posts about Bard here, mostly because I'm such a fan of his playstyle and aesthetics, so now I'm asking for some new ideas on how to play this guy.
My go-to playstyle on him is to build as many support-related active abilities as possible, and my average end-game build looks like...
while playing a sustain-based bottom lane support. I've also tried him jungle with 
or 
. Recently, I played a game with a jungle Bard using 
instead of either of those enchantments, and it got me thinking if he could be played as a straight tank.
From what I've learned of Bard so far, he scales poorly with almost every stat in the game (except CDR), but can make even more use out of item actives than most champions. I've also had some success as a tanky-caster jungle with 
and 
, but not full tank like this Bard did.
Does anyone have ideas on what tank items would synergize with his kit? Also, what role he would fit in and how he should play early on need to be addressed.
or
. If you want to play passive, go coin, if you want to play aggressive, go spellthief's, pretty simple. If you go coin, upgrade it fully after Sightstone and boots. If you go Spellthief's don't upgrade it, it's not really worth it. Just sell it for a tank item when you reach full build.
or 
. Mobis are the general go-to for supports, and they especially benefit Bard since he roams even more than others. CDR boots are for if the rest of your build isn't going to get you at CDR cap, or close to it.
