Talk:Bard/@comment-27019624-20160229060319/@comment-4091261-20160301210042

is doing fairly well as a lane bully in this meta. The extreme ease of skirmishing with him allows him to even challenge off-meta picks fairly well.

However, does sturggle against sheilding supports like  and  as they mitigate the bullying power of  as well as significantly trading back and making catches that can easily lead to death. Due to the poularity of sheilding supports, it may be risky to play.

Then again, if you personally don't encounter shielding supports very often in your games, then is a solid pick-- and  aren't shielding supports btw. is very flexible due to having strong utility, harass, and healing options allowing him to face many enemy compositions successfully if you are skilled.