Healer Bard Build

Healer Bard Build.

Healer Bard build with runes and items. Healer Bard guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Healer Bard build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Bard ability Caretaker's Shrine should be leveled first.
W
Bard ability Cosmic Binding should be leveled second.
Q
Bard ability Magical Journey should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Moonstone Renewer should be final item in your build.
Diadem of Songs should be final item in your build.
Dawncore should be final item in your build.
Redemption should be final item in your build.
Staff of Flowing Water should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Summon Aery from Sorcery tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Healer Bard Runes

Sorcery
Sorcery major tree Summon Aery rune.
Sorcery major tree Arcane Comet rune.
Sorcery major tree Phase Rush rune.
Sorcery major tree Axiom Arcanist rune.
Sorcery major tree Manaflow Band rune.
Sorcery major tree Nimbus Cloak rune.
Sorcery major tree Transcendence rune.
Sorcery major tree Celerity rune.
Sorcery major tree Absolute Focus rune.
Sorcery major tree Scorch rune.
Sorcery major tree Waterwalking rune.
Sorcery major tree Gathering Storm rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal

Heal

OK option. You can take it if you want to have another cooldown to press and more healing output.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option, improves your damage, gives you additional cooldown to use in fights, but reduces your healing output.

Ghost

Ghost

Improves mobility. You can chase, position and flee better. Reduces your healing output, but makes you more agile in fights.

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How it works

  1. This is variation of regular Support build, oriented for healing and standing behind.
  2. You support your team by providing healing, shielding and various buffs.
  3. You rush Moonstone Renewer.
  4. You can peel from your carries with Exhaust.

Playstyle

  1. 🛡️

    Play safe and focus on supporting your allies.

  2. 💖

    Heal, shield, and buff your teammates.

  3. 🔙

    Stay back to heal and support more. Position behind your frontline.

How to play

Starter items

  1. Start with Tear of the Goddess and Bandleglass Mirror. Rush Moonstone first, then get Diadem of Songs second. Then adapt.
  2. Keep stacking your Tear! The sooner you get it, the sooner you can start healing your team and providing additional sustain.

Adaptation

  1. Your team needs to engage or position? Get items like Shurelya's Battlesong or Trailblazer.
  2. Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption AND/OR Locket of the Iron Solari next.
  3. If you are just getting poked and cannot manage to stay alive - get Kaenic Rookern or Warmog's Armor (caution: needs enough HP!)
  4. You have tanks, bruisers and your team lack damage? As a last resort, you can buy few items to even help with that!

Countering

  1. Remember to counter an enemy team. For example, if they have lots of healing, get Oblivion Orb early.

Buffing your team

  1. If your team has a lot of AP scaling champs, you can get Staff of the Flowing Water.
  2. If your team has a lot of auto attackers AND/OR melee champs, get Ardent Censer.
  3. If your team has a lot of auto attacks, you can also get Bandlepipes to increase their attack speed.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

Traveler's Call (Passive)

  1. Collecting chimes is essential. It improves your damage and Traveler's Call (Passive) effects, gives mana and movement speed. Do it!
  2. Low on mana? Collect some chimes.

Caretaker's Shrine (W)

  1. Use your Caretaker's Shrine (W). Put it somewhere behind your team, so they can use it when needed and enemy can't destroy it. Let it charge for increased Healing.
  2. You can have 3 Caretaker's Shrine (W) at the same time. You can leave 2 W behind your team for healing.

Magical Journey (E)

  1. Magical Journey (E) is an interesting tool that you can use in ARAM. You can aggressively E into an enemy team or play mind games with them.

Tempered Fate (R)

  1. You have great engaging tool with your Tempered Fate (R). Play with your team and do not wait for 'special moment'. You can land great R, catching people off and making engagements possible.
  2. Identify the best targets for your Ultimate. Is there an enemy who lacks mobility? That's a good target. Sometimes you can use it for disrupting fights. Or for protecting your allies. Be mindful!

Build

Redemption

  1. Tempered Fate (R) and Redemption both last 2.5s, letting Redemption land exactly as stasis ends for guaranteed heal or damage.
  2. Cast Redemption instantly after confirming that Tempered Fate (R) hit (projectile travel time varies). This combo effectively removes Redemption cast time, enabling clutch heals or finishing damage
  3. Redemption long range lets Bard contribute from far away, even while roaming or dead.

Riot

  1. It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
  2. Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
  3. Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!

Skill Order

  • Bard [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Cosmic Binding
  • Bard [object Object] ability.
    W
    Caretaker's Shrine
  • Bard [object Object] ability.
    E
    Magical Journey
  • Bard [object Object] ability.
    R
    Tempered Fate

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush this
Moonstone Renewer item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Good support items
Echoes of Helia item.
Dawncore item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Buffing your team
Ardent Censer item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Bandlepipes item.
Counter poke
Kaenic Rookern item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Redemption item.
For engage
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Trailblazer item.
Situational items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Mikael's Blessing item.
Knight's Vow item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Situational dmg items
Cryptbloom item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Rod of Ages item.
Imperial Mandate item.
For survivability
Kaenic Rookern item.
Spirit Visage item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Frozen Heart item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Dawncore item.
Redemption item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.