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Bard C

Bard

the Wandering Caretaker

SupportMage
Tier C pick in ARAM: Mayhem
Augment Combos for Bard View all combos →
Best Augments for Bard
Prismatic
Tier + appearance rate
Gold
Tier + appearance rate
Phenomenal Evil
Phenomenal Evil
Appearance rate: 12.58%
Gain Phenomenal Evil Power.

Phenomenal Evil Power: Generate a permanent stack of Phenomenal Evil each time you damage an enemy champion with ability damage. This effect cannot trigger more than once every second globally and once every 3 seconds from the same cast instance. For each stack, gain 1 ability power.

If this is your second augment, start with 40 Phenomenal Evil stacks, granting you 40 ability power.
Marksmage
Marksmage
Appearance rate: 10.28%
Basic attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 75% AP.
Sonata
Sonata
Appearance rate: 9.50%
Alternate between automatically casting Aria of Perseverance and Song of Celerity, with the former being cast first (10 second cooldown).

Aria of Perseverance: Heal yourself and send out a tone to the most wounded allied champion within 1000 units that heals them for the same amount. Additionally, generate an aura that grants you and tagged allied champions a shield for 1.5 seconds.

Song of Celerity: Gains bonus movement speed for 7 seconds. If you take damage during this time, the duration ends prematurely once or if 3 seconds have elapsed. Additionally, generate an aura that grants tagged allied champions bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.
Magic Missile
Magic Missile
Appearance rate: 8.96%
Dealing damage to an enemy champion with an ability within 1000 units fires 3 missiles at them that each deal true damage equal to 0.33...% of the target's maximum health, increased to up to 1% based on distance travelled. This effect can only trigger once every 6 seconds from the same cast.
Poro Blaster
Poro Blaster
Appearance rate: 7.00%
You summon a Poro alongside yourself every 5 seconds, up to 4 at a time. Damaging an enemy champion with an ability commands all of your Poros to launch themselves at the target, each dealing true damage equal to 3% of the target's maximum health and knocking them back a short distance.

This augment is only offered to up to 1 player on each team for a given game.
Shrink Engine
Shrink Engine
Appearance rate: 6.42%
Scoring a champion takedown generates a stack, stacking infinitely. For each stack, gain 10 ability haste and 2% bonus movement speed, and reduce your size by 4%. Lose 65% of stacks on death.

Size reduction is capped at 80% (20 stacks).
ARAM Balance Adjustments
Damage Dealt: +15%

These are ARAM-specific balance adjustments applied by Riot Games to maintain game balance on the Howling Abyss.

Skill Priority

Data date: 20260227

Q>E>W Pick Rate: 35.85% Win Rate: 42.43%
Q W E Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 12.71% Win Rate: 42.39%
E W Q Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 1.38% Win Rate: 42.48%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q E R E E E W Pick Rate: 1.30% Win Rate: 42.55%
Q>W>E Pick Rate: 30.52% Win Rate: 43.06%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R W W E E Pick Rate: 11.05% Win Rate: 43.25%
Q W E Q Q R Q E Q W R W W W E Pick Rate: 1.33% Win Rate: 42.76%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R E W W E Pick Rate: 1.09% Win Rate: 42.92%
E>Q>W Pick Rate: 11.28% Win Rate: 42.22%
Q W E E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 4.08% Win Rate: 42.13%
E W Q E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.41% Win Rate: 41.66%
Q W E Q E R E E E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.39% Win Rate: 42.54%
Starting Items
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
Pick Rate: 38.32% Win Rate: 43.31%
Nashor's Tooth Nashor's Tooth
Pick Rate: 33.07% Win Rate: 41.55%
Lich Bane Lich Bane
Pick Rate: 30.00% Win Rate: 43.09%
Blade of The Ruined King Blade of The Ruined King
Pick Rate: 29.76% Win Rate: 39.54%
Guinsoo's Rageblade Guinsoo's Rageblade
Pick Rate: 25.60% Win Rate: 40.36%
Core Builds
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
Lich Bane Lich Bane
Nashor's Tooth Nashor's Tooth
Pick Rate: 6.37% Win Rate: 42.47%
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
Lich Bane Lich Bane
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
Pick Rate: 2.79% Win Rate: 47.91%
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
Lich Bane Lich Bane
Rapid Firecannon Rapid Firecannon
Pick Rate: 2.58% Win Rate: 41.45%
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
Rapid Firecannon Rapid Firecannon
Lich Bane Lich Bane
Pick Rate: 2.11% Win Rate: 40.89%
Statikk Shiv Statikk Shiv
Rapid Firecannon Rapid Firecannon
Blade of The Ruined King Blade of The Ruined King
Pick Rate: 1.82% Win Rate: 38.85%
Recent Stats Changes

Recent Snapshots

20260228_125725 Patch: 26.4 C
Rank: 172 Win: 42.16% Pick: 1.13%
20260228_115713 Patch: 26.4 C
Rank: 172 Win: 42.16% Pick: 1.13%
20260227_233610 Patch: 26.4 C 🛠 Build changed: Boots ✨ Augment changed: Silver
Rank: 172 Win: 42.16% Pick: 1.13%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.03% Pick Rate Δ: -0.02%

Silver +Zealot -Typhoon

20260224_182829 Patch: 26.4 C
Rank: 172 Win: 42.19% Pick: 1.15%
20260224_182114 Patch: 26.4 C
Rank: 172 Win: 42.19% Pick: 1.15%
20260224_181350 Patch: 26.4 C
Rank: 172 Win: 42.19% Pick: 1.15%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.02% Pick Rate Δ: -0.01%

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