What are the best runes for Bard Support?

Electrocute in Domination with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (49.1% win rate).

What is the best build for Bard?

Rush Dead Man's Plate, Locket of the Iron Solari and Bandlepipes. It wins 53.3% of Support games on patch 26.20.

Is Bard good on patch 26.20?

Bard has a 48.8% win rate in Support this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Elise, Hwei, Zilean are among the strongest counters to Bard Support this patch, by ranked win rate.

Bard build

Support · patch 26.20

Bard is currently a situational Support pick on patch 26.20, holding a 48.8% win rate across 68,950 games (4.6% pick rate, 2.1% ban rate). It performs consistently across game lengths. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

48.8%

Pick

4.6%

Ban

2.1%

Games

68,950

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 53.3% win ratevs 48.8% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start48.7%−0.1

First back

Core · in order53.3%+4.5

The whole build

Boots49.3%+0.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

49.1% win rate

Domination

Inspiration

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

W→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min48.7%

25-30 min48.9%

30-35 min49.3%

35-40 min47.9%

40+ min47.9%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

51.1%

48.8%

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// Matchups · who beats BardAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Dead Man's Plate, Locket of the Iron Solari and Bandlepipes; this core wins 53.3% of Support games; Electrocute is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.