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Bard C

Bard C Tier ARAM Mayhem Build

Bard · the Wandering Caretaker

SupportMage 41.72% WR 0.88% PR Patch: 26.10
Damage Dealt +15%

Bard is C tier in ARAM: Mayhem patch 26.10 with a 41.72% win rate. This guide covers their ARAM build, augment picks, and Mayhem-specific synergies.

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Bard ARAM Mayhem Build & Augments

Mayhem-specific augment picks, synergies, and meta data for Bard in patch 26.10.

Skill Priority

Data date: 20260521

Q>E>W Pick Rate: 35.69% Win Rate: 42.07%
Q W E Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 12.53% Win Rate: 42.02%
E W Q Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 1.43% Win Rate: 42.16%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q E R E E E W Pick Rate: 1.28% Win Rate: 41.99%
Q>W>E Pick Rate: 30.55% Win Rate: 42.61%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R W W E E Pick Rate: 10.89% Win Rate: 42.86%
Q W E Q Q R Q E Q W R W W W E Pick Rate: 1.31% Win Rate: 41.91%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R E W W E Pick Rate: 1.12% Win Rate: 42.06%
E>Q>W Pick Rate: 11.71% Win Rate: 41.86%
Q W E E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 4.13% Win Rate: 41.83%
E W Q E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.47% Win Rate: 41.55%
Q W E Q E R E E E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.41% Win Rate: 41.82%
Starting Items
Pick Rate: 50.57% Win Rate: 40.66%
Pick Rate: 33.04% Win Rate: 42.35%
Pick Rate: 30.01% Win Rate: 41.21%
Pick Rate: 27.34% Win Rate: 39.31%
Pick Rate: 25.50% Win Rate: 39.50%
Boots
Pick Rate: 34.42% Win Rate: 40.71%
Pick Rate: 24.06% Win Rate: 42.99%
Pick Rate: 4.88% Win Rate: 43.94%
Pick Rate: 5.30% Win Rate: 41.58%
Core Builds
Late-Game Builds
Pick Rate: 2.56% Win Rate: 47.23%
Pick Rate: 1.13% Win Rate: 49.30%
Pick Rate: 15.76% Win Rate: 44.56%
Pick Rate: 0.53% Win Rate: 48.52%
Best Augments for Bard
Prismatic
Tier + appearance rate
Master of Duality
Master of Duality
Win rate: 50.95%
Basic attacks on-hit grant 6 to 18 ability power and damaging abilities once per cast instance grant 3 to 9 bonus attack damage, lasting for 5 seconds, with the duration of both refreshing on subsequent hits, and stacking infinitely.
Giant Slayer
Giant Slayer
Win rate: 59.86%
Become tiny, reducing your size by 75% and gaining 30% bonus movement speed. Additionally, deal 10;15;25;30 bonus damage against enemy champions with greater size than you.
Fan The Hammer
Fan The Hammer
Win rate: 56.40%
Your next basic attack in each cardinal direction within 750 range additionally on-attack fires 5 bolts at the target that each deal 10 to 52.5 (+ 15% bonus AD) physical damage, for a total of 50 to 262.5 (+ 75% bonus AD) physical damage (5 second cooldown per direction). Bolts' damage is increased by 0 to 50. Each bolt can critically strike for 200 damage and applies on-hit effects at 20% effectiveness. Does not trigger on minions.
Jeweled Gauntlet
Jeweled Gauntlet
Win rate: 59.14%
Your abilities can now critically strike for (145% + bonus critical damage) damage. Additionally, gain 25% (+ 4.5% per 100 AP) critical strike chance.

If both Jeweled Gauntlet and Vulnerability are equipped, only rolls the critical strike chance of the augment that has the higher critical damage (or either if equal).
Void Rift
Void Rift
Win rate: 61.74%
Damaging an enemy champion with an ability summons a Void Scar at the location they were damaged for 6 seconds. If another Void Scar is summoned within 1250 units, through the same condition, both Void Scars are consumed to create a rift to the void between them over 0.6 seconds. Enemies within the rift are dealt 75 to 350 (+ 4.5 per 1 Lethality) (+ 4.5 per 1 flat magic penetration) magic damage and slowed by 99% decaying over 1 second.
Eureka
Eureka
Win rate: 58.56%
Gain ability haste equal to 30% AP.
Gold
Tier + appearance rate
Marksmage
Marksmage
Win rate: 52.05%
Basic attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 75% AP.
Magic Missile
Magic Missile
Win rate: 60.73%
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.
Transmute: Prismatic
Transmute: Prismatic
Win rate: 66.81%
Gain one random Prismatic augment, excluding the other two offerings in your current assortment.
Phenomenal Evil
Phenomenal Evil
Win rate: 60.74%
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.
Shrink Engine
Shrink Engine
Win rate: 62.06%
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).
Sonata
Sonata
Win rate: 55.04%
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.

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Recent Stats Changes

Recent Snapshots

20260522_092759 Patch: 26.10 C 🛠 Build changed: Late
Rank: 172 Win: 41.72% Pick: 0.88%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: 0.00% Pick Rate Δ: +0.03%
20260517_090029 Patch: 26.10 C 🛠 Build changed: Late
Rank: 172 Win: 41.72% Pick: 0.85%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: +0.01% Pick Rate Δ: +0.04%
20260512_082733 Patch: 26.9 C 🛠 Build changed: Late ✨ Augment changed: Prismatic, Gold, Silver
Rank: 172 Win: 41.71% Pick: 0.81%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.15% Pick Rate Δ: +0.12%

Prismatic +Snowball Roulette -Laser Heal

Gold +Vampirism -Poro Blaster

Silver +Light 'em Up! -Ice Cold

20260504_213411 Patch: 26.8 C 🛠 Build changed: Starting, Boots, Late ✨ Augment changed: Prismatic, Gold
Rank: 172 Win: 41.86% Pick: 0.69%

Prismatic +Biggest Snowball Ever -Infinite Recursion

Gold +Poro Blaster -Vampirism

20260424_160922 Patch: 26.8 C 🛠 Build changed: Late ✨ Augment changed: Prismatic, Silver
Rank: 172 Win: 41.74% Pick: 0.93%

Prismatic +Laser Heal -Empowered By The Faithful

Silver +Twin Fire, Ice Cold -Mind to Matter, Sonic Boom

20260413_215021 Patch: 26.7 C
Rank: 172 Win: 41.46% Pick: 0.99%

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