Talk:Bard/@comment-25337957-20150318222534/@comment-4091261-20150322030741

From my experience, the unreliability of is easily compensated for the immense utility he brings in terms of positioning. I'd say he's as good as with creating turnabouts. Though in terms of comparison with in setting up these turnabouts make them polar opposites.

is good for a more aggressive setup as he can speed people up and slow them down to relentless lengths and holds a failsafe ultimate to encourage this playstyle. , on the other hand, is much more defensive.

needs to ensure complete safety within his lane to collect chimes. He also lays down heals to make sure his ally does ok without him. If something goes terribly wrong, can close the distance between him and oncoming reinforcements with his portal. There is also an ultimate zhonyas for everyone in the midst of the clash that can turn a good engage from the enemy to a terrible one, if allies are extremely close to the fight.

In any case, offers a lot of defensive utility right now, that can potentially turn a whole teamfight on its head. With what he brings as of now, I doubt there will be any mechanical changes with. It is just that if anyone wants to play effectively, they have to obtain to a more reactive, defensive perspective as  is quite ineffective at initiation. It is very difficult to land an ult at the enemy team at a standstill, and can potentially fuck up your team if one teamate decides to engage as throw your ultimate. If you can spare the IP, he is quite the experience. Though, I would say his performance similar to, and the performance of isn't too hot.