Champion sheet · Support

Bard

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.8%#37 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.0%picked in 471 of 7,905 games
Ban: 11.8%433 bans over 3,675 games, against 6.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Support54.8% between 51.0% and 58.5% over 471 gamesSoloQ 49.1%: clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 28 min

Amateur: 7,832 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 268,631 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 tournaments5 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?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
54.8%
SoloQ
49.1%
54.8% win rate in amateur play over 471 games, against 49.1% in soloQ over 24,704 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.9%
SoloQ
3.2%
2.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
11.0%
SoloQ
6.0%
11.0% ban rate in amateur play over 1,807 games, against 6.0% in soloQ over 189,162 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
28 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 28 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
60%
SoloQ
57%
Played in 60% 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% · 23,538

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite57% · 13,951

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 60% · 517 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 31 games

Core (3 legendaries)7% · 41

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

Ornn57.1% · expected 56.4% · 35 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -3.3

Junglegap to expected

Wukong61.3% · expected 55.2% · 62 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

Viktor63.8% · expected 54.2% · 47 g+9.6 ptSoloQ +2.6

ADCgap to expected

Yunara53.8% · expected 51.7% · 52 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jinx62.5% · expected 57.8% · 32 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +3.0

Ashe56.3% · expected 55.5% · 32 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +3.6

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus54.5% · expected 51.5% · 55 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -2.9

Karma56.9% · expected 56.1% · 58 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lulu57.8% · expected 56.7% · 45 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +1.4

With

Topgap to expected

K'Sante56.7% · expected 54.3% · 30 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +2.4

Sion54.8% · expected 54.7% · 31 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV54.9% · expected 54.4% · 51 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -0.3

Midgap to expected

Viktor55.8% · expected 55.4% · 43 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +1.5

ADCgap to expected

Jhin68.9% · expected 56.8% · 61 g+12.0 ptSoloQ +0.9

Caitlyn59.2% · expected 57.3% · 130 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.2

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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