Talk:Bard/@comment-5077844-20150315105056/@comment-6281696-20150315201925

Issue is that Bard still doesn't roam well.

Outside of his E, or a constant string of chimes his movement is terrible when compared to most champions, and his E really only helps if you try to catch up since enemies can follow you without any sort of punishment, making it impossible for him to escape once he is caughtwn. Since he's squishy and doesn't have the firepower to be a threat on his own virtually anyone that finds him will try and get a quick free kill. The chimes spawn all over the place, making it unlikely you get a neat path to follow to your destination. And for ganks in lane his skills are unreliable at best given the positional requirements of both friends and foes.

The only skill that truly encourages roaming is his W as it is one of the few skills that can be placed permanently in a place for later use. The chimes aren't so much an encouragement to roam as much as they force you to pick your poison, either have a useless passive, or make mad dashes across half the map praying you can get a handfull of chimes without running into an opponent that'l pummel your face into the ground or before your own lane gets blown up. On that note, for roaming supports to truly shine Riot'd need to move away from it's obsession with plays and aggresive play, it's rare to see anyone 2v1 succesfully for long unless they have a massive lead or are just vastly superiour players given how easy it is, and how much it is encouraged, to immeadiatly capitalize on the numeric superiourity.

Hell, teemo's more of a roaming "support" than Bard is once he reaches 6. He's overall faster, actually stands a chance when caught and shrooming half the map is arguably more usefull than those 3 healthpacks wil be. Hell, even in terms of CC teemo isn't much worse of depending on the situation since it can't be dodged, nor does it have the positional requirements that Bard's have and can be set up in advance to cut off their potential retreat routes. And frankly, that sounds just seems silly.