Talk:Bard/@comment-12049719-20150225085303

Well, it's that time again :3

I wanna try and see how well he would do in a different lane aside from as bot lane support.

Support is his target role, no doubt about that. But how about as a top lane AP Bruiser? Definitely, he could do some harass with his auto attacks. Not to mention his  meep-empowered ones and slow/stun. He also has, theoretically, infinite sustain provided he can regen a LOT of mana since those health packs are quite mana expensive. If he builds a bit tanky and have some AP/Mpen, he could possible do some work. But that's only a maybe.

For a support build, I'd go for a: Talisman of Ascension, Athene's Unholy Grail, Ohmwrecker (yes), Twin Shadows, Frozen Gauntlet, and Boots of Mobility.

Talisman of Ascension is the support item I would go for in the lane as it provides Bard some nice movement speed, mana regen and a useful active. An alternative for this would be the Frost Queen's Claim if you're aiming for early aggression using your poke. But I believe Talisman has more utility and is more fitting for Bard as a support item. Athene's Unholy Grail provides MR, Mana regen, CDR and AP. The mana regen from Athene's and Talisman should help ease the cost of Bard's health packs, and the CDR in general is a very useful stat. Ohmwrecker actually sounds nice on him.

Ohmwrecker allows Bard's team to do some nice tower-diving (provided Bard has ult) It also has CDR, health, armor, and a MS passive when near turrets which aids his roaming nature. Twin Shadows provide CDR, AP and movement speed plus a useful active. With all these items, you will have reached 40% CDR. You'll actually have 10% CDR wasted, but the uttility from these items more than make up for it. The final item is Frozen Gauntlet. Don't worry about the CDR. I'm after the utility it brings. The Spellblade synergizes well with his meep-empowered basic attacks, the slow adds more utility, Armor, mana and AP are also provided. Boots of choice are obviously Mobility boots since you want to be roaming around a lot. But still, boots depend on the enemy team comp.

This build provides a lot of utility on top of Bard's already utility-packed kit.