Champion sheet · Support

Bard

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

14.2%#51 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.6%picked in 986 of 17,710 games
Ban: 8.6%1,443 bans over 16,758 games, against 4.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Support51.4% between 48.8% and 54.0% over 985 gamesSoloQ 49.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 26.4 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 235,635 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itElectrocute, then Dead Man's Plate, Kaenic Rookern, and Warmog's Armor: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 93% of supports.Map pressureCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Rakan in amateur play: +20.9 pts over 41 games, range above zero.+20.9 pt41 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
4.2%
2.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
8.3%
SoloQ
4.7%
8.3% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 4.7% in soloQ over 158,928 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute95% · 27,772

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal65% · 19,153

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 172 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 9

12%of soloQ games

Dead Man's Plate
Kaenic Rookern
Warmog's Armor

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?

Better than expected against Rakan in amateur play: +20.9 pts over 41 games, range above zero.

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

Malphite60.6% · expected 49.3% · 33 g+11.3 ptSoloQ +1.1

Ambessa57.6% · expected 51.5% · 66 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -2.1

Yone58.3% · expected 51.2% · 36 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -2.4

K'Sante56.7% · expected 54.1% · 60 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

Aatrox55.3% · expected 50.2% · 38 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin58.2% · expected 52.6% · 98 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -1.2

Graves60.0% · expected 51.2% · 30 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -0.1

Jarvan IV57.4% · expected 53.7% · 54 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +0.5

Viego52.9% · expected 51.6% · 34 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Qiyana53.3% · expected 53.0% · 30 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +1.6

Midgap to expected

Aurora65.7% · expected 51.5% · 35 g+14.3 ptSoloQ -0.3

Lissandra60.5% · expected 52.7% · 43 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +3.0

Orianna60.5% · expected 54.8% · 38 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +0.1

Sylas59.0% · expected 53.5% · 39 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +3.0

Syndra51.8% · expected 50.9% · 56 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

ADCgap to expected

Miss Fortune67.6% · expected 51.3% · 34 g+16.4 ptSoloQ +0.1

Sivir64.9% · expected 50.7% · 37 g+14.1 ptSoloQ -1.9

Xayah62.5% · expected 49.7% · 40 g+12.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

Ashe56.4% · expected 48.1% · 39 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +1.8

Yunara53.0% · expected 49.3% · 83 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +1.3

Supportgap to expected

Rakan73.2% · expected 52.2% · 41 g+20.9 ptSoloQ +2.3

Rell59.5% · expected 46.8% · 37 g+12.6 ptSoloQ 0.0

Karma60.5% · expected 53.6% · 43 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +2.9

Thresh50.0% · expected 49.9% · 70 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -0.5

Seraphine54.3% · expected 50.4% · 35 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +4.5

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton60.4% · expected 52.0% · 53 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +0.7

Olaf60.0% · expected 53.0% · 35 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +1.5

Gnar53.8% · expected 49.9% · 39 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +2.9

Ambessa52.6% · expected 51.2% · 57 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +1.0

Sion52.9% · expected 51.3% · 34 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +4.1

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin56.5% · expected 50.1% · 108 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Xin Zhao54.7% · expected 52.3% · 53 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -0.9

Sylas53.4% · expected 52.0% · 58 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

Vi52.1% · expected 51.7% · 71 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Viego52.4% · expected 51.1% · 42 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -2.0

Midgap to expected

Yone73.0% · expected 55.4% · 37 g+17.5 ptSoloQ -1.2

Viktor56.1% · expected 51.7% · 66 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +1.1

Sylas56.8% · expected 49.2% · 37 g+7.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ahri56.9% · expected 54.2% · 65 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +2.6

Orianna53.1% · expected 47.9% · 32 g+5.2 ptSoloQ +3.5

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal55.2% · expected 47.1% · 105 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +0.4

Jhin48.8% · expected 47.1% · 201 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +1.5

Caitlyn54.0% · expected 53.6% · 211 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +1.5

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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