Wild Rift: BARD Build Guide
League of Legends: Wild Rift BARD, role - Mage / Support. Use the guidelines to take your BARD Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position BARD is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 54 (3.5) |  660 (120) |  8 (0.86) |
 0.75 (0.01) |  380 (50) |  10 (0.65) |
 355 (0) |  40 (5.5) |  36 (1.5) |
 175 (0) |
(PASSIVE) TRAVELER'S CALL
Chimes: Gains bonuses from chimes he attracts and collects on the map.
Automatically collects nearby chimes, gaining the following bonuses:
- 24% out-of-combat Movement Speed for 20 second(s) (max 10.stacks, up to 150%).
- 400 XP.
- Restores 12% max Mana.
Chimes remain for 10 minute(s).
Starting from 5 minutes into the game, gains 20 XP every 1 minute(s).
Meeps: Summons a meep that follows him around every 7 second(s) (max 1 meep(s)). Meeps empower him and grant additional effects based on the number of chimes collected:
- Consumes a meep to empower his attack, dealing bonus magic damage equal to 35 (35 + 40% 
) plus 12 (for every 3 chimes he has).
- When he has 3 chimes, he slows enemies by 25% for 1 second(s).
- When he has 9 chimes, he strikes in an area around and behind the target.
- When he has 27 chimes, he strikes in an even larger area.
The spawn rate, slow effect, and max number of meeps following him scale with the number of chimes collected.
(Q) COSMIC BINDING
10/9/8/7s 
60
Fires an energy bolt, dealing 120 magic damage (120/160/200/240 + 80% ) to the first enemy hit and slowing them by 60% for 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 second(s).
The bolt then continues onward for a short distance. If it hits a second enemy or a wall, both enemies are stunned for 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 second(s); if a second enemy is struck, the bolt also deals the same damage to them.
(W) CARETAKER'S SHRINE
15s 70
Creates a Health shrine that grows and powers up to max efficiency after 5 second(s), granting 22.5% Movement Speed (22.5/25/27.5/30% + 0.05% ) for 1.5 second(s) and restoring at least 50 Health (50/80/110/140 + 30% ) to the first allied champion to enter.
The shrine restores 100 Health (100/150/200/250 + 60% ) after existing for 5 second(s).
Charge: This ability has 2 charges.
Bard can have up to 3 shrines active at once. If an enemy champion enters a shrine, it will be crushed.
(E) MAGICAL JOURNEY
19/17.5/16/14.5s 30
Opens a one-way corridor through nearby terrain for 10 second(s). Both allied and enemy champions nearby can use the corridor by tapping the turret button.
Allies travel 50% faster than enemies.
(R) TEMPERED FATE
80/70/60s 100
Hurls magical protective energy to an area, placing all units and structures within into stasis for 2.5 second(s). While in stasis, they are invulnerable, untargetable,
and unable to act.
Support BARD Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Support Line BARD. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Ancient Coin (Kill enemy minions to earn bonus gold). Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Ancient Coin
Kill enemy minions to earn bonus gold
This item is for support players. When equipped, it will reduce the gold you receive from killing minions and monsters. If there are multiples of this item within the party, only one of them can take effect at any given time.
Offering: Gains 1 charge(s) every 30 seconds (up to 3 times). When a teammate is nearby, each surrounding minion defeated consumes 1 charges to grant 65 gold and restore 20-80 Health.
You do not earn gold generated from minion kills, but you earn gold equal to 50% of the bounty. Gold generated from your minion kills will be given to nearby allies instead.
Also reduces monster bounties by 50%.
Deal 1 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer's Bloom.
Mission: This item upgrades to Talisman of Ascension After obtaining Earn 750 gold.
500
Talisman of Ascension
Kill enemy minions to earn bonus gold
+125 Max Health +15 Ability Haste
Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold and 1 stacks of soulforce (up to 10 stacks). Each stack of soulforce grants 25 Health, 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer's Bloom. 0
Talisman of Ascension TIPS: This item is designed for supports and grants bonus gold every 60 seconds along with Soulforce stacks that boost health, attack damage, or ability power. It reduces your gold income from killing minions and monsters but helps your team accumulate resources faster. The Soulforce effect stacks up to 10 times, adaptively granting either health, damage, or AP per stack. Additionally, it deals extra damage to revealed Sight Wards, making it easier to clear vision.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Cooldown +150 Max Health
+150% Mana Regen
+30 Ability Haste.
+45 Move Speed.
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 75% bonus health Regen. 1400
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots speed up your ability and mana regeneration while boosting durability and movement. They reduce spell cooldowns, enabling more frequent ability use, and grant champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost. — Perfect for mages, supports, and assassins who rely on rapid cooldown refreshes and sustained presence in fights.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +250 Max Health
+50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Cooldown +150 Max Health +150% Mana Regen
+30 Ability Haste. +45 Move Speed.
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 75% bonus health Regen. 1400
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots speed up your ability and mana regeneration while boosting durability and movement. They reduce spell cooldowns, enabling more frequent ability use, and grant champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost. — Perfect for mages, supports, and assassins who rely on rapid cooldown refreshes and sustained presence in fights.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken from champions by 7-12% (
). 1350
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots provide solid magic damage reduction, enhanced regeneration, and movement speed, with a passive that further lessens incoming magic damage. — The perfect pick for tanks, bruisers, and supports who need to withstand heavy AP threats while maintaining mobility.
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-330 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds. 500
Locket Enchant TIPS: This enchant grants a magic shield to you and nearby allies, absorbing damage for a brief duration. The shield is ideal in large teamfights, providing extra protection and opportunities for counterplay. Perfect for tanks who frequently stand in the thick of battle and want to safeguard their team during critical moments.
GLP-800
Damage and slows targets on hit
Frost Bolt (Active): Fire a spray of icy bolts that explode on first enemy hit, dealing magic damage equal to 40–75 plus 20% AP
. (30s Cooldown)
Enemies hit are slowed by 90%, decaying to 30% plus 0.035% AP over 2s. 500
GLP-800 TIPS: This enchant fires icy bolts that explode on first contact, dealing magic damage and heavily slowing the target before the slow decays. Ideal for mages and supports who need to peel and control enemy mobility.
Talisman of Ascension (Kill enemy minions to earn bonus gold) as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity (Grants Ability Haste) or Mercury's Treads (Reduces Magic Damage) depending on the situation. (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Dead Man's Plate (Increases Movement Speed).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Locket Enchant (Area of effect magic shield). You may want to replace it with GLP-800 (Damage and slows targets on hit), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Talisman of Ascension
Kill enemy minions to earn bonus gold +125 Max Health +15 Ability Haste
Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold and 1 stacks of soulforce (up to 10 stacks). Each stack of soulforce grants 25 Health, 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer's Bloom. 0
Talisman of Ascension TIPS: This item is designed for supports and grants bonus gold every 60 seconds along with Soulforce stacks that boost health, attack damage, or ability power. It reduces your gold income from killing minions and monsters but helps your team accumulate resources faster. The Soulforce effect stacks up to 10 times, adaptively granting either health, damage, or AP per stack. Additionally, it deals extra damage to revealed Sight Wards, making it easier to clear vision.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Cooldown +150 Max Health +150% Mana Regen
+30 Ability Haste. +45 Move Speed.
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 75% bonus health Regen. 1400
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots speed up your ability and mana regeneration while boosting durability and movement. They reduce spell cooldowns, enabling more frequent ability use, and grant champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost. — Perfect for mages, supports, and assassins who rely on rapid cooldown refreshes and sustained presence in fights.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +250 Max Health +50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and armor, and its “Momentum” passive builds movement speed as you move—up to a cap—until you land an attack, which then triggers “Crushing Blow”, dealing bonus magic damage based on the momentum removed and slowing enemies at full stacks. This makes it an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need extra mobility to engage quickly and sustain through fights. Tips: ideal for champions who need to close distance and absorb damage; pairs extremely well with Spellblade items (e.g., Divine Sunderer) for additional burst damage on engage.
Yorlde Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health +75 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 0.6-2% () of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
Infernal Agony: Every 4 seconds, Torment detonates, dealing true damage equal to 40 plus 5% to the target. 3000
Yorlde Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item enhances your abilities with a damage-over-time effect that scales off the target’s health, allowing you to wear down tanky opponents over an extended skirmish. Periodically, the torment detonates for a burst of true damage to finish off weakened foes. — Perfect for mages who want to drag out engagements, shred through frontline tanks, and execute them with true damage.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor +60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Situational items
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item is ideal for tanks and support champions who need to slow enemy attack speed and maintain a healthy mana pool. It provides substantial bonuses to armor, mana, and ability haste. The “Winter’s Caress” passive applies up to four stacks of Chill on enemy champions through your basic attacks, abilities, or any magic damage they take—each stack slows their attack speed by 9%, up to 36% at full stacks. This weakens enemy marksmen and fighters, making it harder for them to deal sustained damage in fights.
Frozen Heart — This item is ideal for tanks and support champions who need to slow enemy attack speed and maintain a healthy mana pool. It provides substantial bonuses to armor, mana, and ability haste. The “Winter’s Caress” passive applies up to four stacks of Chill on enemy champions through your basic attacks, abilities, or any magic damage they take—each stack slows their attack speed by 9%, up to 36% at full stacks. This weakens enemy marksmen and fighters, making it harder for them to deal sustained damage in fights.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an enemy champion's attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker and inflict 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 second(s).
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item provides a large boost to health and armor, and its “Thorns” passive reflects magic damage when hit by basic attacks, applying Grievous Wounds to reduce enemy healing. It’s ideal against multiple auto-attack or strong heal champions, and helps you soak damage for your team. Pick this up when the enemy team has many auto-attack reliant champions (e.g., Yasuo, Tryndamere, Jinx) or heavy healing (e.g., Soraka, Vladimir, Samira), and you need to absorb incoming damage.
Thornmail — This item provides a large boost to health and armor, and its “Thorns” passive reflects magic damage when hit by basic attacks, applying Grievous Wounds to reduce enemy healing. It’s ideal against multiple auto-attack or strong heal champions, and helps you soak damage for your team. Pick this up when the enemy team has many auto-attack reliant champions (e.g., Yasuo, Tryndamere, Jinx) or heavy healing (e.g., Soraka, Vladimir, Samira), and you need to absorb incoming damage.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Yordle Redeeming
Heal nearby allies periodically +400 Max Health +300 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Eternity: Restore Mana equal to 15% of the damage taken from champions. When consuming Mana, restore Health equal to 20% of Mana consumed. Capped at 15 Health per cast.
Salvation: Every 8 seconds, restore (40 + 7% bonus) Health to all allied champions within 350 units. 2600
Yordle Redeeming TIPS: This item is a must‑have for supports: it restores mana and health in fights and periodically heals all nearby allies. Perfect for enchanters who need to sustain their team, stay in lane, and keep everyone alive during extended skirmishes.
Yordle Redeeming — This item is a must‑have for supports: it restores mana and health in fights and periodically heals all nearby allies. Perfect for enchanters who need to sustain their team, stay in lane, and keep everyone alive during extended skirmishes.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +150 Max Health +70 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Morellonomicon — This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor +60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.
Oceanid's Trident — This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor +60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen — This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Ignite (Ignites target enemy champion, dealing true damageand applying Grievous Wounds for the duration. Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Electrocute (Hitting a champion with successive attacks or abilities deals bonus adaptive damage.) as your keystone, followed by 
Font of Life (Marks an enemy champion and grants healing upon attack.), 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) and 
Overgrowth (Gains bonus scalable max Health.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Empowered Attack (Empowers the next attack, causing it to deal bonus damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Electrocute
Burst Damage
Within 3 seconds, hit the same enemy champion with 3 basick attacks or abilities to cause additional adaptive damage to the target.
Damage value: 40-194 () + 40% extra 
+ 25%
Cooldown: 20-13s ()
Font of Life
Team Heal
Hitting an enemy champion with an attack or ability marks them. When allies or you damage marked champions, heal those allies and yourself. Each ally can trigger this healing once per mark.
Ally Heal: 3% of your max + 15% of your.
Self Heal: 1% of your max + 5% of your.
Mark duration: 3s
Cooldown: 15s for Melee champions, 20s for Ranged champions.
Subsequent heals from other ally's marks are reduced to 25%.
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Empowered Attack
Bonus Damage
Every 8 seconds, the next attack will be empowered, dealing 35-50 bonus adaptive damage () to anemy champions.
Situational Runes
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Second Wind
Heal after taking damage
Gain 5 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 6 + (2% of your missing health) over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Second Wind — The rune restores health every 5 seconds and significantly boosts regeneration after taking damage from an enemy champion. This rune is especially useful for champions who are often in the thick of the fight, such as tanks or fighters, as it helps sustain health during battles. The effect is doubled for melee champions, making it even more effective in extended fights, improving survivability.
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Loyalty
Shared Bonus AR/MR
You gain 2 and 5. Your closest ally champion gains 5 and 2.
Loyalty — The rune increases your armor and magic resist, and also grants bonuses to your nearest ally, increasing their armor and magic resist. This makes the rune a great choice for support champions as well as tanks who actively protect their allies. It helps boost defenses for both you and your ally, enhancing team survivability in combat.
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Armor and Magic Resistance, Tenacity
Gain 10% Tenacity. When immobilized, gain 16-30 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Perseverance — The rune increases your tenacity by 10%. When immobilized, it grants you bonus armor and magic resistance for a short period. The effect refreshes if you are immobilized multiple times, making the rune especially useful for champions who often find themselves under crowd control. It is ideal for tanks and fighters, enhancing their survivability in fights when they are subjected to multiple crowd control effects.
Overgrowth
Bonus HP
When 2 minions or 1 monsters are killed nearby, permanently gains 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely. Gains a bonus 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Revitalize
Buff Heal, Shield
Gains a 5% amplification effect when casting Heal or Shield. If the target's Health is lower than 40%, amplifies its effect by an additional 10%.
Increases healing and shielding effects.
Revitalize — The rune amplifies healing and shielding effects by 5%. If the target's health is below 40%, it further amplifies the effect by an additional 10%. This makes it a great choice for champions who focus on healing and shielding allies, such as supports and mages with healing abilities. The rune helps significantly increase the effectiveness of healing and shields in critical moments, potentially turning the tide of a fight.
Empowered Attack
Bonus Damage
Every 8 seconds, the next attack will be empowered, dealing 35-50 bonus adaptive damage () to anemy champions.
Transcendence
CDR
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 6 Ability Haste;
at level 6, gain bonus 6 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 10% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Transcendence — The rune provides bonuses to ability haste at different levels. It allows you to use your abilities more frequently by reducing their cooldowns. This rune is perfect for champions who rely heavily on their abilities in combat and want to increase their ability usage, improving mobility and effectiveness in fights.Skills Order
(Q) COSMIC BINDING
10/9/8/7s 60
Fires an energy bolt, dealing 120 magic damage (120/160/200/240 + 80% ) to the first enemy hit and slowing them by 60% for 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 second(s).
The bolt then continues onward for a short distance. If it hits a second enemy or a wall, both enemies are stunned for 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 second(s); if a second enemy is struck, the bolt also deals the same damage to them.
(Q) COSMIC BINDING
(W) CARETAKER'S SHRINE
15s 70
Creates a Health shrine that grows and powers up to max efficiency after 5 second(s), granting 22.5% Movement Speed (22.5/25/27.5/30% + 0.05% ) for 1.5 second(s) and restoring at least 50 Health (50/80/110/140 + 30% ) to the first allied champion to enter.
The shrine restores 100 Health (100/150/200/250 + 60% ) after existing for 5 second(s).
Charge: This ability has 2 charges.
Bard can have up to 3 shrines active at once. If an enemy champion enters a shrine, it will be crushed.
(W) CARETAKER'S SHRINE
(E) MAGICAL JOURNEY
19/17.5/16/14.5s 30
Opens a one-way corridor through nearby terrain for 10 second(s). Both allied and enemy champions nearby can use the corridor by tapping the turret button.
Allies travel 50% faster than enemies.
(E) MAGICAL JOURNEY
(R) TEMPERED FATE
80/70/60s 100
Hurls magical protective energy to an area, placing all units and structures within into stasis for 2.5 second(s). While in stasis, they are invulnerable, untargetable,
and unable to act.
(R) TEMPERED FATE
Support BARD Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Support BARD. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Support BARD Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Support BARD in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against BARD combo.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health +100% Health Regen +35 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken from champions by 7-12% (). 1350
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots provide solid magic damage reduction, enhanced regeneration, and movement speed, with a passive that further lessens incoming magic damage. — The perfect pick for tanks, bruisers, and supports who need to withstand heavy AP threats while maintaining mobility.
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +50 Magic Resistance +20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%. 2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, regeneration, magic resistance, and ability haste. Its “Blessed” passive amplifies all healing, regen, drain effects, and shields on you by 30%, allowing you to recover more quickly in fights. It’s an excellent choice against champions who deal sustained magic damage, like Vladimir and Swain, as well as burst mages like Syndra or Veigar, helping you survive initial bursts and heal up rapidly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health +55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second. 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item is a great choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie, who can quickly take you down. It provides bonuses to attack damage, magic resistance, and ability haste, helping you resist magic damage. The "Demonbane" effect converts a portion of the physical damage you deal into a magic shield that absorbs magic damage, making it especially effective against both burst and sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Reduced 
Healing
Items with Grievous Wounds that can reduce BARD Healing effects.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing +15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +30 Ability Power
Cursed: Magic damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +25 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper: 
+30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +250 Max Health +45 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +150 Max Health +70 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Quicksilver Enchant TIPS: This enchant cleanses all crowd control effects, grants brief CC immunity, then boosts your tenacity and slow resist. Perfect for champions who need to quickly purge control to stay in the fight.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Support BARD Strengths and Weaknesses
Support BARD Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift BARD Ability and Tips
TRAVELER'S CALL
COSMIC BINDING
CARETAKER'S SHRINE
MAGICAL JOURNEY
TEMPERED FATE
(PASSIVE) TRAVELER'S CALL
Chimes: Gains bonuses from chimes he attracts and collects on the map.
Automatically collects nearby chimes, gaining the following bonuses:
- 24% out-of-combat Movement Speed for 20 second(s) (max 10.stacks, up to 150%).
- 400 XP.
- Restores 12% max Mana.
Chimes remain for 10 minute(s).
Starting from 5 minutes into the game, gains 20 XP every 1 minute(s).Meeps: Summons a meep that follows him around every 7 second(s) (max 1 meep(s)). Meeps empower him and grant additional effects based on the number of chimes collected:
- Consumes a meep to empower his attack, dealing bonus magic damage equal to 35 (35 + 40% ) plus 12 (for every 3 chimes he has).
- When he has 3 chimes, he slows enemies by 25% for 1 second(s).
- When he has 9 chimes, he strikes in an area around and behind the target.
- When he has 27 chimes, he strikes in an even larger area.
The spawn rate, slow effect, and max number of meeps following him scale with the number of chimes collected.
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(Q) COSMIC BINDING
10/9/8/7s 60
Fires an energy bolt, dealing 120 magic damage (120/160/200/240 + 80% ) to the first enemy hit and slowing them by 60% for 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 second(s).
The bolt then continues onward for a short distance. If it hits a second enemy or a wall, both enemies are stunned for 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 second(s); if a second enemy is struck, the bolt also deals the same damage to them.
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(W) CARETAKER'S SHRINE
15s 70
Creates a Health shrine that grows and powers up to max efficiency after 5 second(s), granting 22.5% Movement Speed (22.5/25/27.5/30% + 0.05% ) for 1.5 second(s) and restoring at least 50 Health (50/80/110/140 + 30% ) to the first allied champion to enter.
The shrine restores 100 Health (100/150/200/250 + 60% ) after existing for 5 second(s).
Charge: This ability has 2 charges.
Bard can have up to 3 shrines active at once. If an enemy champion enters a shrine, it will be crushed.
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(E) MAGICAL JOURNEY
19/17.5/16/14.5s 30
Opens a one-way corridor through nearby terrain for 10 second(s). Both allied and enemy champions nearby can use the corridor by tapping the turret button.
Allies travel 50% faster than enemies.
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(R) TEMPERED FATE
80/70/60s 100
Hurls magical protective energy to an area, placing all units and structures within into stasis for 2.5 second(s). While in stasis, they are invulnerable, untargetable,
and unable to act.
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Wild Rift BARD Video
Watch here!A traveler from beyond the stars, Bard is an agent of serendipity who fights to maintain a balance where life can endure the indifference of chaos. Many Runeterrans sing songs that ponder his extraordinary nature, yet they all agree that the cosmic vagabond is drawn to artifacts of great magical power. Surrounded by a jubilant choir of helpful spirit meeps, it is impossible to mistake his actions as malevolent, as Bard always serves the greater good... in his own odd way.