Bard League of Legends splash art
Bard icon
Champion Team PlaybookSupport

Bard

Create an isolated target before dragon or Baron.

5v5 winrate
49.5%
4,034 games · High confidence
Role rank
#25 / 54
Top 53% DPM
KDA / DPM
4.65 · 444
Pick potentialReliable CCEngage
Best style
Pick Comp
Draft fit score 63/100 · Theoretical fit
Kennen Top
Vi Jungle
Twisted Fate Mid
Ashe Bot
Bard Support
5v5 vs SoloQ
+0.1 pts vs SoloQ
Priority ban
Maokai
Updated Jul 19, 2026

What Bard gives your team

Pick potential
5.0
Reliable CC
5.0
Engage
4.0
Mobility
4.0
Hard to execute
0.0
Low waveclear
0.0
Win condition

Create an isolated target before dragon or Baron.

Needs

Needs follow-up damage.

Avoid

Avoid hard engage.

Coordinated 5v5 vs Solo Queue

5v5 WR
49.5%
SoloQ WR
49.3%
+0.1 pts

Similar performance in both environments

SoloQ context: B · 163,722 games · 2.1% banrate

Power curve

Early
79

Use pushing lanes to unlock support and jungle movement.

Mid
87

Deny vision, hold control wards, and threaten catches before objectives.

Late
75

Avoid fair 5v5s unless a key target is already chunked or caught.

Role ranking

Among 54 comparable Support champions.

Winrate
#25 / 54
KDA
#7 / 54
DPM
#29 / 54
Damage share
#29 / 54

Build a team around Bard

Three bounded line-ups: the champion is locked, alternatives stay compact, and the score is draft fit, not win probability.

Best statistical fit

Pick Comp

63/100
Draft fit score
Top
Kennen icon
Kennen
Alt: Teemo · Ryze
Jungle
Vi icon
Vi
Alt: Nocturne · Hecarim
Mid
Twisted Fate icon
Twisted Fate
Alt: Brand · Malzahar
Bot
Ashe icon
Ashe
Alt: Senna · Varus
Support
Bard icon
Bard
Locked
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Pick Comp shapePick potentialReliable CC

Weak if missing vision control.

early

Use pushing lanes to unlock support and jungle movement.

mid

Deny vision, hold control wards, and threaten catches before objectives.

late

Avoid fair 5v5s unless a key target is already chunked or caught.

Safer execution

Hard Engage

62/100
Draft fit score
Top
Jarvan IV icon
Jarvan IV
Alt: Wukong · Pantheon
Jungle
Vi icon
Vi
Alt: Jarvan IV · Wukong
Mid
Lissandra icon
Lissandra
Alt: Kennen · Azir
Bot
Swain icon
Swain
Alt: Ashe · Senna
Support
Bard icon
Bard
Locked
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Hard Engage shapePick potentialReliable CC

Weak if missing primary engage.

early

Create lane states that let engage champions move first.

mid

Use fog-of-war and sweepers to threaten instant starts.

late

Find flank angles or punish carries stepping past their frontline.

Alternative game plan

Early Snowball

63/100
Draft fit score
Top
Kled icon
Kled
Alt: Pantheon · Renekton
Jungle
Master Yi icon
Master Yi
Alt: Rek'Sai · Xin Zhao
Mid
Pantheon icon
Pantheon
Alt: Akshan · Irelia
Bot
Tristana icon
Tristana
Alt: Caitlyn · Miss Fortune
Support
Bard icon
Bard
Locked
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Early Snowball shapePick potentialReliable CC

Weak if missing winning lanes.

early

Push lane advantages into invades, dives, plates, and first objectives.

mid

Convert gold leads into towers before the enemy reaches scaling items.

late

Avoid slow equal fights if the comp has been outscaled.

Best bans

Lane, composition and blind-draft bans use separate reasons.

Maokai icon
Maokai
Lane ban
100

Maokai is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Bard.

External SoloQ · High confidence
Alistar icon
Alistar
Composition ban
24

Alistar matches the profile of champions that punish hard engage.

Champion profile · Profile-based
Amumu icon
Amumu
Blind-draft ban
24

Amumu matches the profile of champions that punish hard engage.

Champion profile · Profile-based
Dataset and methodology

These pages summarize high-elo coordinated 5v5 games. Public scouting sections use raw game counts for readability; weighted games remain in the methodology because lower-confidence sources count less.

Games
4,034
2,925 weighted games
Confidence
High confidence
Weighted WR 49.5%
Updated
Jul 19, 2026
Latest refresh
Source tiers
Ranked 5v5 and Flex 5 samples
Lower-confidence sources count less.

Ranked 5v5 is treated as the highest-confidence coordinated 5-player source.

Flex 5 confirmed means the same five-player group was detected across multiple games.

Flex 5 candidate is useful high-elo Flex signal, weighted lower until confirmed.

Role rankings require at least 100 raw games and 75 weighted games for each comparable champion. Secondary roles require at least 100 raw games and 50 weighted games.

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