Talk:Bard/@comment-24496127-20151105112426

Just some general tips for anyone who wants to get into Bard. When you're itemizing as him, I'd recommend getting a zz'rot portal and a Banner of command somewhat early on. Also, almost never fully upgrade your spellthief's edge, stop at frostfang. Mobi boots are great on him, but don't get them before your sightstone, and be careful of roaming for chimes so much you put yourself behind, just colloect them in bursts. They last ten minutes.

Remember, if you get a banner of command and zz'rot you needto be setting up plays. It's also important to know when they just aren't a good idea at all, such as if the enemy team is extremely splitpush AD heavy. Used properly though, they'll win you the game.

That actually happened to me rather recently, I promoted a cannon botlane, then set up a portal there to pressure their towers. Since they were all ap except the adc, and the jungler couldn't leave or my team could baron, their Tristana left to deal with it. The second she showed botlane I ulted the enemy Viktor and Yi and got a game winning catch. That's just an example of what you can do with good forethought as Bard. Always look for chances to make plays.