Champion sheet · Support

Bard

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

18.2%#35 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.3%picked in 433 of 6,918 games
Ban: 11.9%409 bans over 3,426 games, against 5.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Support56.6% between 52.6% and 60.4% over 433 gamesSoloQ 48.9%: clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 28 min

Amateur: 6,931 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 372,957 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.Win rateDraftLengthSpells
How to play itElectrocute, then Dead Man's Plate, Liandry's Torment, and Abyssal Mask: 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 draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
56.6%
SoloQ
48.9%
56.6% win rate in amateur play over 433 games, against 48.9% in soloQ over 25,631 games.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
11.3%
SoloQ
5.8%
11.3% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 5.8% in soloQ over 166,064 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
28 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 28 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
59%
SoloQ
57%
Played in 59% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (57%).

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 Abyssal Mask: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute95% · 24,407

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite57% · 14,572

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 59% · 452 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 67 games

Core (3 legendaries)7% · 35

7%of soloQ games

Dead Man's Plate
Liandry's Torment
Abyssal Mask

Amateur: Dead Man's Plate, Kaenic Rookern, 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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa60.0% · expected 55.7% · 35 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +2.1

Ornn60.6% · expected 58.0% · 33 g+2.6 ptSoloQ -2.7

Junglegap to expected

Wukong63.2% · expected 56.6% · 57 g+6.6 ptSoloQ 0.0

Midgap to expected

Viktor66.7% · expected 56.3% · 42 g+10.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn57.8% · expected 54.7% · 45 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +2.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus56.3% · expected 53.4% · 48 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -2.6

With

Topgap to expected

Sion62.5% · expected 57.7% · 32 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -0.3

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV56.3% · expected 56.2% · 48 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -0.5

Midgap to expected

Viktor59.5% · expected 56.9% · 37 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.5

Syndra57.1% · expected 56.8% · 35 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

ADCgap to expected

Jhin76.9% · expected 58.7% · 52 g+18.3 ptSoloQ +1.0

Caitlyn59.2% · expected 58.4% · 120 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +1.5

Sivir56.3% · expected 53.6% · 32 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +1.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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