Talk:Bard/@comment-4091261-20150531011308/@comment-4091261-20150816174510

Very true. The reason why people build tanky is to extend the duration of fights. It is quite reasonable for to do so as he needs to throw multiple meeps, but meeps are also the reason why he needs to build AP. Essentially the meeps are what makes a Support/Mage. The damage output of are a significant part of its usage, as it is primarily used for its manaless harassing capability rather than its slowing capability. Even then, the only way to increase the CC potential of is to buy fighter like things such as  and attack speed--unless he gets Red Buff for some awkward reason.

Extending the duration of a fight is important, but throwing away AP is not. We can't just plop a on  and be fine and dandy, he needs AP in order to harass his enemy (just like  does). In otherwords, he would need to build as a fighter in order to be effective overall. Building him as full utility, or full AP has many costs, but it is perfectly possible to build him as both. One of his core offensive items is proof of that,. So I will say it is unreasonable to say that tank is useless, but I will say that it is less useful than he should be if he just builds some AP utility items alongside survivability.