What are the best runes for Bard Support?

Electrocute in Domination with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (47.9% win rate).

What is the best build for Bard?

Rush Dead Man's Plate, Locket of the Iron Solari and Bandlepipes. It wins 47.3% of Support games on patch 26.20.

Is Bard good on patch 26.20?

Bard has a 45.1% win rate in Support this patch, which makes it a off-meta pick.

Bard build

Support · patch 26.20

Bard is currently a off-meta Support pick on patch 26.20, holding a 45.1% win rate across 2,173 games (2.9% pick rate, 0.7% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 48.7% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

45.1%

Pick

2.9%

Ban

0.7%

Games

2,173

Region

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

Summoner Spells

// The build · 47.3% win ratevs 45.1% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start45.0%−0.1

First back

Core · in order47.3%

The whole build

Boots45.1%

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

47.9% 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 min46.2%

25-30 min46.8%

30-35 min42.7%

35-40 min42.9%

40+ min48.7%

41%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

50.3%

45.1%

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// 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 47.3% of Support games; Electrocute is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.