# Bard Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Bard: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/bard · Patch: 26.22 · Support

## Bard — the Wandering Caretaker

- Tier: A (#22 of 102 in Support)
- Win rate: 49.3%
- Pick: 4.7%
- Ban: 2.2%
- Games: 18,998

## Runes

- **Domination**: Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Deep Ward, Relentless Hunter
- **Sorcery**: Celerity, Scorch
- Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health

## Summoner spells

Flash, Ignite

## Items

- Starting items: Health Potion, Health Potion
- **Tank** (Win rate: 52.6% · Games: 6,358): Dead Man's Plate → Locket of the Iron Solari → Bandlepipes → (Redemption / Bandlepipes) → (Shurelya's Battlesong / Redemption / Bandlepipes)
- **Utility** (Win rate: 52.5% · Games: 649): (Redemption / Bandlepipes) → (Shurelya's Battlesong / Redemption / Bandlepipes)
- Boots: Boots of Swiftness

## Skill order

Q > W > E

## Struggles against

- Sion: -18.4 pp win rate difference (19 games)
- Skarner: -15.7 pp win rate difference (35 games)
- Annie: -12.1 pp win rate difference (29 games)
- Jax: -8.8 pp win rate difference (17 games)
- Cho'Gath: -8.3 pp win rate difference (12 games)

## Strong against

- Kennen: +30.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Nidalee: +22.2 pp win rate difference (18 games)
- Zed: +16.7 pp win rate difference (15 games)
- Vi: +16.7 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Twitch: +14.3 pp win rate difference (28 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

- [OTPs](https://gamerone.org/en/champion/bard/otp)
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- [Tier List & Builds](https://gamerone.org/en/tier-list)