Talk:Bard/@comment-26128186-20170117064120/@comment-4091261-20170131151026

I wouldn't say that, the most seasoned players have trouble with him after all. It's more that you have to strictly follow that tanky meta given how useless he is.

It's much in the same way how works. Unless you build extreme hardcore mega tank, you won't be able to utilize the flexibility he offers at all because the meta almost always has a tremendous level of power.

is definitely the kind of champion who gets stronger and stronger as the game rolls around, but even at the longest times, he doesn't break the 50% winrate. That reason is mainly due to his build rather than any playstyle issues. People who are new and want to experiment, or seasoned and want to try fancy things won't do well on him because he simply needs to adhere to that really tanky status.

I'm seasoned so I know quite well that doing anything else is subpar given game times. For example, the magic pen build is his absolute most powerful iteration, but given how it pushes the mid game win cure far down, it's never worth doing because rarely do games reach that late-game apex.

CDR runes for more spell application doesn't work because in the end, by the end of early game he just needs that raw tankiness so he needs the so his  and  actually has any meaning.

is pretty much cookie-cutter tank meta. Try anything else and he is destined for failure. That's his.