Champions like Bard
the Wandering Caretaker
Best Bard Builds & Runes (Patch 26.16)
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Q ➜
W ➜
E
Dead Man's Plate
Build momentum as you move around then smash into enemies.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Bandlepipes
Redemption
Activate to heal allies and damage enemies in an area
Imperial Mandate
Defer damage until later.
Shurelya's Battlesong
Activate to speed up nearby allies.
Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Cheap Shot
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Deep Ward
Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep, gaining Health and Duration.Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.
Treasure Hunter
Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.
Magical Footwear
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Jack Of All Trades
For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste.Gain bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks.
Champions Like Bard – Similar Picks by Role & Playstyle
Thresh
SUPPORT
#1
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W
Items
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Thornmail
Bandlepipes
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Renata Glasc
SUPPORT
#2
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
E ➜ W ➜ Q
Items
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Imperial Mandate
Defer damage until later.
Shurelya's Battlesong
Activate to speed up nearby allies.
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Redemption
Activate to heal allies and damage enemies in an area
Protoplasm Harness
Runes
Guardian
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Sixth Sense
On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team. Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.
Relentless Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.
Senna
SUPPORT
#3
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Black Cleaver
Dealing physical damage to enemy champions reduces their Armor
Statikk Shiv
Movement builds charges that release chain lightning on basic attack
Rapid Firecannon
Movement builds charges that release a sieging fire attack on release
Infinity Edge
Massively enhances critical strikes
Hexoptics C44
Guardian Angel
Periodically revives champion upon death
Runes
Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Celerity
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Gathering Storm
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.
Magical Footwear
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Jack Of All Trades
For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste.Gain bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks.
Smolder
CARRY
#4
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Gain a brief Shield.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Essence Reaver
Black Cleaver
Dealing physical damage to enemy champions reduces their Armor
Spear of Shojin
Reduce damage taken from champions by a flat amount. Attack while near multiple enemy champions to increase this amount for a short time.
Rapid Firecannon
Movement builds charges that release a sieging fire attack on release
Infinity Edge
Massively enhances critical strikes
Guardian Angel
Periodically revives champion upon death
Runes
Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Nimbus Cloak
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
Celerity
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Gathering Storm
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.
Magical Footwear
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Jack Of All Trades
For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste.Gain bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks.
Zilean
SUPPORT
#5
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W
Items
Shurelya's Battlesong
Activate to speed up nearby allies.
Bandlepipes
Imperial Mandate
Defer damage until later.
Cosmic Drive
Massive amounts of Cooldown Reduction
Redemption
Activate to heal allies and damage enemies in an area
Ardent Censer
Shield and heal effects on other units grant both of you Attack Speed and their attacks deal additional on-hit magic damage.
Runes
Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Waterwalking
Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.
Cheap Shot
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Relentless Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.
Swain
SUPPORT
#6
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities slow enemies
Liandry's Torment
Charge up in combat to deal high damage over time, especially against durable enemies
Zhonya's Hourglass
Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Spirit Visage
Increases Health and healing effects
Thornmail
Warmog's Armor
Grants massive Health and Health Regen
Runes
Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Presence of Mind
Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.
Legend: Haste
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.
Last Stand
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Conditioning
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Overgrowth
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Lux
SUPPORT
#7
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
E ➜ Q ➜ W
Items
Luden's Echo
High burst damage, good against fragile foes
Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap
Massively increases Ability Power
Void Staff
Increases magic damage
Malignance
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Runes
Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Scorch
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Cheap Shot
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Ultimate Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
Morgana
SUPPORT
#8
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Liandry's Torment
Charge up in combat to deal high damage over time, especially against durable enemies
Zhonya's Hourglass
Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities slow enemies
Morellonomicon
Increases magic damage
Rabadon's Deathcap
Massively increases Ability Power
Blackfire Torch
Runes
Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Scorch
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Cheap Shot
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Ultimate Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
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