What are the best runes for Bard Support?

Electrocute in Domination with Sorcery secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (43.6% win rate).

What is the best build for Bard?

Rush Dead Man's Plate, Locket of the Iron Solari and Bandlepipes. It wins 56.5% of Support games on patch 26.20.

Is Bard good on patch 26.20?

Bard has a 47.5% win rate in Support this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Bard build

Support · patch 26.20

Bard is currently a situational Support pick on patch 26.20, holding a 47.5% win rate across 2,590 games (3.6% pick rate, 1.7% ban rate). Bard is an early-game champion (47.7% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

47.5%

Pick

3.6%

Ban

1.7%

Games

2,590

Region

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

Summoner Spells

// The build · 56.5% win ratevs 47.5% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start47.4%−0.1

First back

Core · in order56.5%

The whole build

Boots48.0%+0.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

43.6% win rate

Domination

Sorcery

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

W→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min47.7%

25-30 min47.9%

30-35 min47.8%

35-40 min45.5%

40+ min46.2%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

52.3%

47.5%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.1926.20

// 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 56.5% of Support games; Electrocute is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.