Champion sheet · Support

Bard

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

16.5%#40 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.8%picked in 181 of 2,650 games
Ban: 9.7%191 bans over 1,963 games, against 2.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Support54.1% between 48.0% and 60.1% over 181 gamesSoloQ 48.8%: no clear gap

Median length30.6 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itElectrocute, then Dead Man's Plate, Liandry's Torment, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 93% of supports.Map pressureCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.2%
SoloQ
2.6%
3.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
7.7%
SoloQ
2.3%
7.7% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 2.3% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.6 min
SoloQ
28.2 min
Median of 30.6 min in amateur play, against 28.2 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
64%
SoloQ
59%
Played in 64% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (59%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Dead Man's Plate, Liandry's Torment, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute93% · 12,231

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite59% · 7,745

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 64% · 195 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 139 games

Core (3 legendaries)10% · 22

10%of soloQ games

Dead Man's Plate
Liandry's Torment
Kaenic Rookern

Amateur: Dead Man's Plate, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Liandry's Torment, gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 93% of supports.

Crowd control (CC)top7%1.7 · supports: 1
Map pressuretop9%5.1 · supports: 4.5

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Map pressure
CC

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 46 in lane, 54 in mid game and 56 in late game, out of 100 supports.

277-11 vs 288

371+29 vs 342

410+23 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Bardsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 54% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

5.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 46 of 100 among supports277 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 54 of 100 among supports371 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 56 of 100 among supports410 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 44 of 100 among supports+61 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 46 of 100 among supports+136 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 92 of 100 among supports5.1 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 56 of 100 among supports492 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 44 of 100 among supports53% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 25 of 100 among supports14% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 69 of 100 among supportsrank 69 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 93 of 100 among supports1.7 · median 1
Team damage · rank 54 of 100 among supports10% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.