Talk:Bard/@comment-26337948-20150423121239

I am amazed at how many people I play with that get salty with me just for picking him. He has good sustain early if you max W. And late game, when you have 3-4 meeps, get a Lich Bane and you have damage. I have played against 2 Vaynes so far and could decently trade damage with them, and even kill them. The downside being that your build is squishy (but more AP means your healing pad heals for a decent amount). As AP Bard the only defensive things I get are Abyssal Scepter and Zhonya's and that seems to work great. I usually end up with about 630 AP.

Just because his W is defensive, and his E and R have no AP scaling, doesn't mean he doesn't have damage. People seriously underrate his passive.