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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
Master of Duality
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
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.
Eureka
Gain ability haste equal to 30% AP.
Jeweled Gauntlet
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).
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
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.
Fan The Hammer
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.
Gold
Tier + appearance rate
Phenomenal Evil
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.
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
Basic attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 75% AP.
Magic Missile
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.
Grandma's Chili Oil
Inflicting an enemy champion with a Burn effect releases a chili sphere from the target, landing to a location near them after 0.5 seconds (3 second cooldown per target). Upon landing, a pool of Chili Oil is created at the impact area with a radius of 175 units, lasting for 5 seconds. While you are within the pool, heal for 60 to 150 upon entering and each second of the pool's lifetime thereafter. While enemies are within the pool, they are dealt 100 magic damage every second.
For each unique Burn effect source that you have, up to 10, increase the pool's size by 40 units, its healing per tick by 50, and its damage per tick by 60 magic damage.
For each unique Burn effect source that you have, up to 10, increase the pool's size by 40 units, its healing per tick by 50, and its damage per tick by 60 magic damage.
Sonata
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.
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.
Transmute: Prismatic
Gain one random Prismatic augment, excluding the other two offerings in your current assortment.
Silver
Tier + appearance rate
Slap Around
Immobilizing or grounding an enemy champion grants you 10 adaptive force, stacking infinitely (5 second cooldown per cast instance). Lose 50% of stacks on death.
First-Aid Kit
Grants 20% heal and shield power.
ADAPt
Convert all of your bonus attack damage into ability power at a rate of 1 ability power per 0.6 bonus attack damage. Additionally, increase your ability power by 15%.
FireFox
Automatically cast Fox-Fire, gaining 40% bonus movement speed that decays over 2 seconds and conjuring 3 flames that orbit you clockwise for up to 2.5 seconds at a radius of cr 150 units. The flames will fly toward the nearest visible enemy champion within cr 550 units, dealing 35 to 160 (+ 25% bonus AD (+ 25% AP) adaptive damage, reduced to10.5 to 48 (+ 7.5% bonus AD (+ 7.5% AP)for enemies hit by subsequent flames from the same cast (7 second cooldown).
Witchful Thinking
Grants 20 to 80 ability power.
Speed Demon
Whenever you damage an enemy champion with an ability, gain 200 bonus movement speed decaying over 1 second.
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: 20260413
Q>E>W Pick Rate: 35.99% Win Rate: 41.94%
Q W E Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 12.55% Win Rate: 41.82%
E W Q Q Q R Q E Q E R E E W W Pick Rate: 1.46% Win Rate: 42.01%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q E R E E E W Pick Rate: 1.32% Win Rate: 42.13%
Q>W>E Pick Rate: 30.63% Win Rate: 42.41%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R W W E E Pick Rate: 10.81% Win Rate: 42.70%
Q W E Q Q R Q E Q W R W W W E Pick Rate: 1.34% Win Rate: 41.92%
Q W E Q Q R Q W Q W R E W W E Pick Rate: 1.12% Win Rate: 42.41%
E>Q>W Pick Rate: 11.51% Win Rate: 41.69%
Q W E E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 4.05% Win Rate: 41.54%
E W Q E E R E Q E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.45% Win Rate: 41.57%
Q W E Q E R E E E Q R Q Q W W Pick Rate: 0.41% Win Rate: 42.02%
Starting Items
Luden's Echo Pick Rate: 36.04% Win Rate: 42.34%
Nashor's Tooth Pick Rate: 31.79% Win Rate: 40.81%
Blade of The Ruined King Pick Rate: 29.40% Win Rate: 39.04%
Lich Bane Pick Rate: 27.96% Win Rate: 42.15%
Rapid Firecannon Pick Rate: 25.51% Win Rate: 39.36%
Core Builds
Luden's Echo
Lich Bane
Nashor's Tooth Pick Rate: 6.13% Win Rate: 41.47%
Luden's Echo
Lich Bane
Rapid Firecannon Pick Rate: 2.20% Win Rate: 41.06%
Luden's Echo
Lich Bane
Rabadon's Deathcap Pick Rate: 2.17% Win Rate: 47.73%
Statikk Shiv
Rapid Firecannon
Blade of The Ruined King Pick Rate: 2.05% Win Rate: 38.64%
Luden's Echo
Rapid Firecannon
Lich Bane Pick Rate: 1.88% Win Rate: 39.42%
Recent Stats Changes
Recent Snapshots
20260413_215021 • Patch: 26.7 • C
🛠 Build changed: Late
✨ Augment changed: Prismatic, Gold, Silver
Rank: 172 Win: 41.46% Pick: 0.99%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: +0.87% Pick Rate Δ: -0.38%
Prismatic +Empowered By The Faithful -Dual Wield
Gold +Critical Missile -Poro Blaster
Silver +Mind to Matter, Sonic Boom -Ice Cold, Twin Fire
20260331_133953 • Patch: 26.7 • C
Rank: 172 Win: 40.59% Pick: 1.37%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.02% Pick Rate Δ: 0.00%
20260330_224141 • Patch: 26.5 • C
🛠 Build changed: Late
✨ Augment changed: Prismatic, Silver
Rank: 172 Win: 40.61% Pick: 1.37%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.16% Pick Rate Δ: -0.02%
Prismatic +Dual Wield -Heads Up Cupcake!
Silver +Twin Fire -Sonic Boom
20260320_185118 • Patch: 26.5 • C
🛠 Build changed: Boots
✨ Augment changed: Prismatic
Rank: 172 Win: 40.77% Pick: 1.39%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.94% Pick Rate Δ: +0.31%
Prismatic +Void Rift -Dual Wield
20260314_172554 • Patch: 26.5 • C
🛠 Build changed: Boots
✨ Augment changed: Prismatic, Silver
Rank: 172 Win: 41.71% Pick: 1.08%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.29% Pick Rate Δ: +0.08%
Prismatic +Dual Wield -Upgrade Mikael's Blessing
Silver +Typhoon -Zealot
20260307_191131 • Patch: 26.5 • C
Rank: 172 Win: 42.00% Pick: 1.00%
Rank Δ: 0 Win Rate Δ: -0.13% Pick Rate Δ: -0.11%
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