Talk:Bard/@comment-25122281-20150515203853

I have mixed feelings about him. His kit grants potential for great creative plays... as well as spectacular fuckups. But since creative plays are situational, and require you to master the champion first, I presume he would be mostly a subject of countless fails. And that's because he's pretty weak otherwise. He has great escapes with E + Q stun (if they follow you through tunnel). Good sustain as well. But his cc is highly unreliable (especially the ult), and his damage is subpar - only one damaging ability (which is a skillshot with quite a short range), low attack range (I don't see a reason why it should be like that - sure if he was a super lane bully that would be too much, while he also provides safety, but then he's quite squishy and suffers a lot when he's trying to harass) - he's like Thresh in this regard (great aa harass, but risky due to low range), but he's not as tanky.

I do love the way he was designed though - really creative, fresh and original.