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Bard
Bard

AP Squishy Killer

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Intro

Burst bard with lots of CDR on his Q and Ult

Summoner spells

IgniteIgniteDeals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.FlashFlashTeleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Skill order

QCosmic BindingQ — Cosmic BindingBard fires a missile which will slow the first enemy struck, and continue onward. If it strikes a wall, it will stun the initial target; if it strikes another enemy, it will stun them both.→WCaretaker's ShrineW — Caretaker's ShrineReveals a Health shrine which powers up over a short time, disappearing after healing and speeding up the first ally that touches it.→EMagical JourneyE — Magical JourneyBard opens a portal in nearby terrain. Allies and enemies alike can take a one-way trip through that terrain by moving into the portal.

Start

Guardian's OrbGuardian's Orb50 Ability Power150 Health950 goldUnique – Recovery: Gain 10 bonus mana regeneration. Manaless champions gain 15 bonus health regeneration instead.League WikiBootsBoots25 Move Speed300 goldRefillable PotionRefillable Potion150 goldActive (2 charges) Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds. Refills upon visiting the shop.

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes12 Magic Penetration45 Move Speed1100 gold

Core

Imperial MandateImperial Mandate60 Ability Power15 Ability Haste150% Base Mana Regen2400 goldUnique – Control: Abilities with immobilizing effects have their cooldown reduced equivalent to 20 ability haste. Unique – Command: Immobilizing an enemy champion marks them as Vulnerable for 4 seconds, increasing the damage they take from all sources by 7%. Subsequent immobilizes against a target extend the duration of the effect.League WikiLich BaneLich Bane100 Ability Power6% Move Speed10 Ability Haste2900 goldUnique – Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds gains 50% bonus attack speed and deals 75% base AD (+ 45% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit (1.5 second cooldown, starts after using the empowered attack).League WikiRabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap130 Ability Power3500 goldUnique – Magical Opus: Increase your ability power by 30%.League WikiShadowflameShadowflame110 Ability Power15 Magic Penetration3200 goldUnique – Cinderbloom: Your magic and true damage will critically strike for 120% damage against enemies below 40% maximum health.League WikiVoid StaffVoid Staff95 Ability Power40% Magic Penetration3000 gold

Options

Zhonya's HourglassZhonya's Hourglass105 Ability Power50 Armor3250 goldUnique – Time Stop: Put yourself in stasis for 2.5 seconds, rendering you untargetable and invulnerable for the duration but also unable to move, declare basic attacks, cast abilities, use summoner spells, or activate items.League WikiNashor's ToothNashor's Tooth80 Ability Power50% Attack Speed15 Ability Haste2900 goldUnique – Icathian Bite: Basic attacks deal 15 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit.League WikiDusk and DawnDusk and Dawn300 Health60 Ability Power20 Ability Haste20% Attack Speed3100 goldUnique – Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals 75% base AD (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage and heals you for 10% AP (+ 3% bonus health) on-hit, and applies on-hit effects to the target again after a 0.2-second delay (1.5 second cooldown, starts after using the empowered attack).League WikiLiandry's TormentLiandry's Torment60 Ability Power300 Health3000 goldUnique – Torment: Dealing ability damage burns enemies, causing them to take「 1% of the target's maximum health magic damage every 0.5 seconds over 3 seconds, capped at 20 per tick against monsters. 」「 6% of the target's maximum health total magic damage over 3 seconds, capped at 120 against monsters. 」 Unique – Suffering: For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% increased damage, stacking up to 3 times for a total of 6%.League Wiki

Augments

Slap AroundSlap AroundSilverImmobilizing or grounding an enemy champion grants you 6 bonus Attack Damage or 10 Ability Power (Adaptive), stacking infinitely (5 second cooldown per cast instance). Lose 50% of stacks on death.Ice ColdIce ColdSilverYour slowing effects reduce the movement speed of targets by an additional 75.Witchful ThinkingWitchful ThinkingSilverGrants 20 – 80 (based on level) ability power.
★Mercy's StrikeMercy's Strike — PriorityGoldUpgrades one of your champion's abilities, empowering the ability's cast to enhance your next basic attack. The enhanced attack has 300 bonus range, gains 75% bonus attack speed, and deals bonus magic damage equal to 3% (+ 2% per 10% heal and shield power) of the target's maximum health. If the target is a turret, the damage is modified to 2.5% of the target's maximum health bonus magic damage.★Upgrade SheenUpgrade Sheen — PriorityGoldUpgrades all Spellblade items, empowering the passive effect to deal additional bonus physical damage equal to 4% of the target's maximum health and heal you for 3.5% of your maximum health. Additionally, gain 250.★MarksmageMarksmage — PriorityGoldBasic attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 75% AP.Phenomenal EvilPhenomenal EvilGoldGain Veigar's 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 not your first augment, start with 40 Phenomenal Evil stacks, granting you 40 ability power.Magic MissileMagic MissileGoldDealing damage to an enemy champion with an ability 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 (maximum damage reached at 1000 units). This effect can only trigger once every 6 seconds from the same cast.Bread And ButterBread And ButterGoldYour champion's first basic ability (Q) gains 100 ability haste.
★Jeweled GauntletJeweled Gauntlet — PriorityPrismaticYour 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).★EurekaEureka — PriorityPrismaticGain ability haste equal to 30% AP.Infinite RecursionInfinite RecursionPrismaticGain 60 ability haste, increased by 3 each time you score a champion takedown.ArchmageArchmagePrismaticWhenever you cast an ability, refund the cooldown of another, randomly selected ability by 30% of the casted ability's cooldown.
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Notes

Imperial MandateImperial Mandate60 Ability Power15 Ability Haste150% Base Mana Regen2400 goldUnique – Control: Abilities with immobilizing effects have their cooldown reduced equivalent to 20 ability haste. Unique – Command: Immobilizing an enemy champion marks them as Vulnerable for 4 seconds, increasing the damage they take from all sources by 7%. Subsequent immobilizes against a target extend the duration of the effect. rush gives tons of cooldown on bard's Bread And ButterBread And ButterGoldYour champion's first basic ability (Q) gains 100 ability haste., his Q and Ult. Into Lichbane and DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap130 Ability Power3500 goldUnique – Magical Opus: Increase your ability power by 30%. lets bard start deleting squishies. Build Nashor'sNashor's Tooth80 Ability Power50% Attack Speed15 Ability Haste2900 goldUnique – Icathian Bite: Basic attacks deal 15 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit. / Liandry'sLiandry's Torment60 Ability Power300 Health3000 goldUnique – Torment: Dealing ability damage burns enemies, causing them to take「 1% of the target's maximum health magic damage every 0.5 seconds over 3 seconds, capped at 20 per tick against monsters. 」「 6% of the target's maximum health total magic damage over 3 seconds, capped at 120 against monsters. 」 Unique – Suffering: For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% increased damage, stacking up to 3 times for a total of 6%. vs a lot of tanks, but honestly you're not gonna do much damage to tanks (unless you get some really good augments), so good luck!

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Completely re-worked the build, I've had more success with a more bursty squishy killing bard than with the previous atk-spd support build!

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