Bard (League of Legends)

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Bard
the Wandering Caretaker
Release date	2015-03-12
Last changed	V12.1
Class(es)	Catcher
Legacy	Support Mage
Position(s)	Support
Resource	Mana
Range type	Ranged
Adaptive type	Magic
Store price	4800 | 880
Crafting	+ 2880
Ratings
Damage 1 Toughness 1 Control 3 Mobility 2 Utility 3
Style
Difficulty
Champion Spotlight
Bard Champion Spotlight

Bard is a champion in League of Legends.

Base statisticsBardEdit
Health 560+89
Health 560+89
Mana 350+50
Mana 350+50
Health regen. (per 5s) 5.5+0.55
Health regen. (per 5s) 5.5+0.55
Mana regen. (per 5s) 6+0.45
Mana regen. (per 5s) 6+0.45
Armor 34+4
Armor 34+4
Attack damage 52+3
Attack damage 52+3
Magic resist. 30+0.5
Magic resist. 30+0.5
Crit. damage 175%
Crit. damage 175%
Move. speed 330
Move. speed 330
Attack range 500
Attack range 500
Attack speed
Base AS 0.625
Base AS 0.625
Attack windup 18.75%
Attack windup 18.75%
AS ratio N/A
AS ratio N/A
Bonus AS +2%
Bonus AS +2%
Missile speed 2000
Missile speed 2000
Unit radius
Gameplay radius 80
Gameplay radius 80
Selection radius 89
Selection radius 89
Pathing radius 35
Pathing radius 35
Acq. radius 600
Acq. radius 600
Special statistics
Dmg. Dealt +15%
Dmg. Dealt +15%
Dmg. Taken -20%
Dmg. Taken -20%
Healing +20%
Healing +20%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +13%
Dmg. Dealt +13%
Dmg. Taken -13%
Dmg. Taken -13%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +15%
Dmg. Dealt +15%
Dmg. Taken -15%
Dmg. Taken -15%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +8%
Dmg. Dealt +8%
Dmg. Taken -8%
Dmg. Taken -8%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%

Abilities

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Traveler's Call

Traveler's Call

Innate - Ancient Chimes: Bard's presence causes sacred chimes to appear at random locations and linger for up to 10 minutes. Collecting a chime grants Bard  24% bonus movement speed out of combat for 7 seconds, stacking up to 5 times, with every other chime collected beyond the first granting an additional 14% bonus movement speed, up to a total of 80% bonus movement speed,  20 + (1 per minute after 5 minutes) experience, and  12% maximum mana. Bard empowers his Meeps each time he collects 5 chimes.

Innate - Meeps: Bard's presence attracts small spirits known as Meeps to his side. On-attack he consumes a Meep, dealing 30 (+ 12 per 5 chimes collected) (+ 30% AP) bonus magic damage.

• At 5 chimes, Meeps start slowing damaged enemies by 25% − 75% (based on number of Chimes) for 1 second.
• At 15 chimes, Meeps deal splash damage to enemies within 150 units of his target as well as those in a cone behind them.
• At 35 chimes, the cone's radius increases.

Meeps spawn every 8 − 4 (based on number of Chimes) seconds and Bard can keep up to 1 − 9 (based on number of Chimes) of them at a time.

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Targeting input	Passive
Damage type
Type	See Notes
Type	See Notes
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Parries	Missing
Parries	Missing
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Primary target takes spell damage, while secondary ones take area damage.
• Meeps grant additional stacks of Electrocute, Phase Rush and Conqueror.
• Chime spawns are weighted towards the areas of the map that Bard is currently present in, and spawn every 50 seconds in pairs, with the only exception being the second and third spawns on Summoner's Rift, which spawn only one.
  • Chimes will not spawn in either team's base and will not spawn in the enemy team's jungle before the 5 minute mark.
• Only Bard can see a chime that is in the fog of war. All other players must have sight of a chime for it to be visible to them.
  • Only Bard can see a minimap icon for an uncollected chime, regardless of whether other players have vision on it or not. The minimap icon will turn red when the chime is one minute away from expiration.
  • Bard cannot see chimes while nearsighted.
• Only Meep cone attacks are absorbed by spell shields. Those that deal damage together with the basic attack don't.
• If a Meep empowered auto attack is dodged, blocked or when Bard is blinded, the basic attack itself will deal no damage, but the Meep damage will still be applied.

Minimum Time	Chimes	Effects	Base Damage
3:20	5	Meeps now Slow by 25%.	42
5:00	10	Meep limit increased to 2.	54
7:30	15	Meeps now deal splash damage.	66
9:10	20	Recharge time reduced to 7 seconds.	78
11:40	25	Slow increased to 35%.	90
13:20	30	Meep limit increased to 3.	102
15:50	35	Splash damage area increased.	114
17:30	40	Recharge time reduced to 6 seconds.	126
20:00	45	Slow increased to 45%.	138
21:40	50	Meep limit increased to 4.	150
24:10	55	Recharge time reduced to 5 seconds.	162
25:50	60	Slow increased to 55%.	174
28:20	65	Meep limit increased to 5.	186
30:00	70	Recharge time reduced to 4 seconds.	198
32:30	75	Slow increased to 65%.	210
34:10	80	Meep limit increased to 6.	222
36:40	85	Slow increased to 75%.	234
38:20	90	Meep limit increased to 7.	246
40:50	95	Meep limit increased to 8.	258
42:30	100	Meep limit increased to 9.	270
Every 5 thereafter only grants 12 bonus damage.

Map-Specific Differences

Howling Abyss differences ^edit

• Chime spawn rate changed to every 40 seconds instead of 50 seconds (initial spawn unchanged).

Nexus Blitz differences ^edit

• Increased chime spawn rate.

Ultra Rapid Fire differences ^edit

• Meeps thresholds reduced to one each 2 Chimes from each 5 Chimes.
• Meep respawn time set to 6 seconds.

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Cosmic Binding

Cosmic Binding
TARGET RANGE:	850
SPEED:	1500
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	60 Mana
COOLDOWN:	11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7

Active: Bard fires an energy bolt in the target direction, dealing magic damage to the first enemy hit and slowing them by 60% for a duration.

Magic Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+ 65% AP) Disable Duration: 1 / 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8

After Cosmic Binding hits an enemy, the bolt continues behind them for 300 units. If the bolt hits terrain or a second enemy, it stuns both targets for the same duration, dealing the same magic damage to the second target as well.

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Targeting input	Direction
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

• Cosmic Binding's interaction with spell shields:
  • If the first target has a spell shield, they will block the damage but the bolt will still pass through them.
    • If the bolt hits a second target, only they will be stunned.
    • If the bolt hits terrain, the first target will be stunned.
  • If the second target has a spell shield, they will block the stun and damage.
    • The first target will still be stunned.
  • If the first target gains a spell shield after being hit, the stun will not be blocked.
• The stun will apply even if the first target becomes untargetable.
• Cosmic Binding can interact with player-generated terrain.
• The stun is still applied even if the first or second target dies to the ability itself or before the projectile can bind them.
• Cosmic Binding does not grant sight of enemies hit, but a hit can be seen and heard to indicate that at least one enemy is there.
• This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

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Caretaker's Shrine

Caretaker's Shrine
TARGET RANGE:	800
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	70 Mana
COOLDOWN:	14

Active: Bard conjures a shrine at the target location that builds up in power over 10 seconds, granting sight of a small area around it for 1.8 seconds. Up to 3 shrines can be active at once, which last until they are destroyed by champions stepping on them.

If the champion was an ally or Bard himself, they are healed for an amount based on the shrine's power and gain  30% bonus movement speed that decays over 1.5 seconds.

Minimum Heal: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 30% AP) Maximum Heal: 55 / 95 / 135 / 175 / 215 (+ 60% AP)

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Targeting input	Location / Unit
Damage type
Type	Heal
Type	Heal

• Caretaker's Shrine can be cast directly on an ally and it will be treated as a unit-targeted ability for effects such as Guardian.
  • If Bard has 3 shrines on the map and creates a new one that is cast directly on himself or an ally, the oldest shrine will not be destroyed. This is because the shrine is used as an actual targeted heal on himself or someone else, and not a permanent shrine, so the other 3 may stay.
  • The spell indicator of Caretaker's Shrine shows the area in which it can be used as a targeted heal. After a shrine has been placed on the ground its activation area becomes smaller: allies or enemies have to step directly on the shrine to use it or destroy it.
• Leveling up Caretaker's Shrine will update the healing of existing shrines.

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Magical Journey

Magical Journey
TARGET RANGE:	900
SPEED:	900 / 1197
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	30 Mana
COOLDOWN:	22 / 20.5 / 19 / 17.5 / 16

Active: Bard opens a one-way magical corridor through a piece of terrain in the target direction for 10 seconds. Magical Journey will not cast unless it can open a corridor.

A champion can pass through the corridor by selecting it, becoming revealed during the travel. Bard and allies travel through the portal at 33% increased speed.

Magical Journey cannot be taken while immobilized or grounded.

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Targeting input	Direction
Target out-of-range override	The ability will not cast
Counters
Projectile	N/A
Projectile	N/A
Grounded	See Notes
Grounded	See Notes
Knockdown	Interrupted
Knockdown	Interrupted

• Terrain also includes structures.
• Magical Journey's tunnel has a max range of 2600 units (about two screens long).
• Magical Journey will score assists for Bard if an ally that uses it scores a kill or assist shortly after.
• Bard can cast Magical Journey while grounded or rooted.
• There is no limit to how many times a given instance of Magical Journey may be used.
• Magical Journey cannot interact with player-created terrain due to its short lifespan.
• Any abilities that continue during normal movement, such as point blank area of effects and various forms of stealth, will continue during the travel within Magical Journey.
• If a champion's dash is interrupted while inside terrain using Magical Journey, they will be immediately displaced out to the nearest open space, but are not rendered airborne.
• Taking Magical Journey is considered a dash, and so will interact with effects such as Sudden Impact and knockdown.

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Tempered Fate

Tempered Fate
TARGET RANGE:	3400
EFFECT RADIUS:	350
CAST TIME:	0.5
COST:	100 Mana
COOLDOWN:	110 / 95 / 80

Active: Bard sends magical energy arcing to the target location, granting sight of the area during travel. Upon impact, it puts all units within into stasis for 2.5 seconds, as well as stunning all enemy champions, minions, and turrets struck for the same duration. Enemies hit are revealed for the duration.

Epic monsters and turrets are affected by Tempered Fate despite being immune to crowd control.

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Targeting input	Location
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked
Projectile	N/A
Projectile	N/A

• Tempered Fate's stun is affected by Tenacity.
  • The stasis is unaffected.
• Tempered Fate will affect all targetable champions, minions, monsters, turrets, wards, and jungle plants.
• Tempered Fate has no effect on enemies that have displacement immunity or total crowd control immunity, and allies that are immune from using an ability that preloads UnstoppableForceMarker.
  • The only exceptions are the crowd control immunity that turrets and epic monsters have.
• All champions (including allies) during the stasis are prohibited from activating cleansing effects for its duration.
  • It will not disable Quicksilver and instead put it on a 3-second  cooldown.
• Tempered Fate deals 0 proc true damage, which triggers in-combat effects such as drawing turret and monster aggression, Sudden Impact or applying Night Harvester and Elixir of Sorcery.
  • Elixir of Sorcery deals damage before the target is put into stasis.
• Tempered Fate's travel time varies between ~0.65 at point blank and ~1.8 at max range, resulting in an overall delay of ~1.15-2.3 seconds including the cast time depending on distance covered.

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Champion skins

This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Bard (Collection).

Original

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975

12.03.2015

A traveler from beyond the stars, Bard is an agent of serendipity who fights to maintain a balance where life can endure the indifference of chaos. Many Runeterrans sing songs that ponder his extraordinary nature, yet they all agree that the cosmic vagabond is drawn to artifacts of great magical power. Surrounded by a jubilant choir of helpful spirit meeps, it is impossible to mistake his actions as malevolent, as Bard always serves the greater good… in his own odd way.

N/A; Utora, Sebastien 'Chemicalseb' Najand

Evan 'Somnicidal' Monteiro

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Chromas

Original Bard Chromas

Ivy

Marigold

Sage

Elderwood

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975

12.03.2015

Bard is a creature of the old world, they say, older than the great forest, and older even than the seeds it sprouted from. Few records remain of the age before the gods, but it is likely Bard predates them—a truly primordial being, tending the land since time's first dawn.

N/A; Utora, Sebastien 'Chemicalseb' Najand

Unknown artist

Elderwood

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New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Snow Day

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1350

10.12.2015

Bard's vast cosmic powers and inscrutable nature are great assets in a snowball fight. Summoning an array of enchanted Winterland penguins, self-warming cups of cocoa, and portals to nowhere give this Wandering Caretaker an unbeatable edge.

N/A; Utora, Sebastien 'Chemicalseb' Najand

Kelly Aleshire

Snow Day

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New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Snow Day Bard Chromas

Golden

Bard Bard

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750

17.11.2016

Though playing a famously unpopular Riftquest character class, Bard Bard has turned the ancient art of song into a reality-altering weapon of death. Unfortunately his turns take forever, since he has no concept of linear time and speaks in those weird “bwong” sounds.

N/A; Utora, Sebastien 'Chemicalseb' Najand

Christian Fell

Rift Quest

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New SFX/VFX

Astronaut

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1350

28.05.2020

In space, no one can hear you chime.

N/A; Utora, Sebastien 'Chemicalseb' Najand

Lucas Parolin, West Studio

Astronauts

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New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Astronaut Bard Chromas

Amethyst

Aquamarine

Catseye

Chrono

Citrine

Emerald

Rose Quartz

Ruby

Cafe Cuties

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1350

02.12.2021

Bard is a wandering wordless connoisseur of the finest cafes. If he leaves behind a blessing in the form of a teacup? A hundred years of sweet success. No one knows where the Teapot Troubadour came from, or if he has a purpose beyond delighting in patisserie, but a visit from Bard instantly puts any cafe on the map!

N/A; Utora, Sebastien 'Chemicalseb' Najand

Augusto Quirino, West Studio

Cafe Cuties

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New SFX/VFX

New Animations/Recall

Chromas

Cafe Cuties Bard Chromas

Catseye

Emerald

Obsidian

Rose Quartz

Ruby

Sapphire

Tanzanite

Turquoise

Patch history

For the expanded patch notes, see here.

V12.1

• Traveler's Call
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the Meeps would become targetable after he traveled through Hexgates.
• Tempered Fate
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it did not interact with Glacial Augment correctly.
    • Enemies put into stasis are now simultaneously stunned for the same duration. This stun is affected by Tenacity, including negative Tenacity.

V11.21

• Traveler's Call
  • Undocumented/Bug Fix: Secondary targets hit by Meeps now trigger Ravenous Hydra's and Muramana's effects.

V11.10

• Traveler's Call
  • Base damage reduced to 30 from 40.

V10.25

• Traveler's Call
  • Bug Fix: Attacking a target multiple times with Meeps now properly reapplies Imperial Mandate.

V10.16

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 560 from 575.
• Caretaker's Shrine
  • Maximum base heal reduced to 55 / 95 / 135 / 175 / 215 from 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.

V10.12

• Traveler's Call
  • Bug Fix: Name and description are no longer missing in Death Recap.

V10.9

• Caretaker's Shrine
  • Bonus movement speed reduced to 30% from 50%.
  • Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 12.
• Magical Journey
  • Cooldown increased to 22 / 20.5 / 19 / 17.5 / 16 seconds from 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14.

V10.5

• Traveler's Call
  • Damage per 5 chimes reduced to 12 from 15.

V9.18

• Traveler's Call
  • Bug Fix: Meep cone attacks now properly break spell shields.

V9.14

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 575 from 535.
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 7.5.
• Magical Journey
  • Travel speed increased to 900 from 800.
  • Ally bonus speed changed to 33% at all ranks from 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50%.

V8.17

• Tempered Fate
  • Cooldown reduced to 110 / 95 / 80 seconds from 130 / 115 / 90.

V8.10

• Cosmic Binding
  • Bug Fix: Can no longer stun units against Gangplank's Powder Keg with his Cosmic Binding.
• Caretaker's Shrine
  • Mana cost reduced to 70 from 90.

V8.7

• General
  • Bug Fix: No longer T-poses when laughing.
• Magical Journey
  • Bug Fix: Is no longer missing approach lines when clicking on Magical Journey to enter the portal.
• Snow Day Bard and Elderwood Bard
  • Caretaker's Shrine
    • Bug Fix: No longer use base VFX when placing Caretaker's Shrine.
• Bard Bard
  • Magical Journey
    • Bug Fix: Is no longer missing approach lines when clicking on Magical Journey to enter the portal.

V7.24

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration increased to 7.5 from 5.4.
• Traveler's Call
  • Meep base damage increased to 40 from 30.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 34 from 25.

V7.15

• Snow Day Bard
  • General
    • Bug Fix: Reattached a penguin's leg in recall and joke.
  • Caretaker's Shrine
    • Bug Fix: No longer has a higher volume level compared to his classic skin.

V7.9

• Stats
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.

V7.7

• Traveler's Call
  • Meep base damage is now 30 (+15 every 5 Chimes) from 30 − 460 (based on Chimes) (+20 every 5 thereafter).
  • Meep slow changed to 25 − 75 (based on Chimes)% from 25 − 80 (based on Chimes)%.
  • Meep AoE unlock requirement reduced to 15 Chimes from 25 Chimes.
  • Meep AoE increased radius requirement reduced to 35 Chimes from 65 Chimes.
  • Meep recharge time reduced to 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 (based on Chimes) from 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 (based on Chimes).
  • Meep stock limit increased to 1 − 9 (based on Chimes) from 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (based on Chimes).

V7.4

• Traveler's Call
  • Base movement speed bonus when picking up chimes increased to 24% from 18%.
  • Movement speed bonus per stack when picking up chimes increased to 14% from 12%.
    • Maximum bonus movement speed at 5 chimes increased to 80% from 66%.

V7.1

• Cosmic Binding
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing stun to last slightly longer than intended.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a few cases where the snowflake ground decoration on Snow Day Bard's Cosmic Binding stun appeared in weird places on certain champions.

V6.24

• Snow Day Bard
  • Bug Fix: Singing VO during his dance animation is no longer delayed.

V6.14

• Magical Journey
  • Bug Fix: Restored the pathing indicator line that appears between clicking on Snow Day Bard's Magical Journey and entering it to become a penguin.

V6.12

• Howling Abyss only:
  • Traveler's Call
    • Chime spawn rate changed to every 40 seconds instead of 50 seconds. (initial spawn unchanged)

V6.7

• Magical Journey
  • Bug Fix: Traveling through the portal no longer rarely takes you in the wrong direction.

V6.1

• Traveler's Call
  • New Effect: The 「 25 Chimes milestone 」「 area of effect damage improvement 」 now also makes the Meeps strike in a 150-unit-radius area around the target in addition to the cone behind them.

V5.24

• Traveler's Call
  • Meeps basic recharge timer reduced to 8 seconds from 10.
• Caretaker's Shrine
  • Uncharged shrine AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 20% AP
  • Fully-charged shrine AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 45% AP

V5.17

• Caretaker's Shrine
  • Mana cost reduced to 90 at all ranks from 100 / 105 / 110 / 115 / 120.
• Magical Journey
  • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds from 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16.

V5.16

• Stats
  • Health growth increased to 89 from 85.

V5.8

• Traveler's Call
  • Ancient Chimes
    • No longer spawn in the enemy team's jungle before the 5 minute mark.
    • New Effect: Experience gain increases by 1 per minute after the 5 minute mark.
• Caretaker's Shrine
  • Tooltip now displays the current amount of active shrines.

V5.7

• Stats
  • Attack damage increased to 52 from 46.
  • Armor increased to 25 from 21.
• Traveler's Call
  • Ancient Chimes
    • Mana restoration changed to (12% max mana) from 15 (+ 8% of missing mana).
  • Meeps
    • Spawn time reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.
• Cosmic Binding
  • Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 65% AP) from (+ 50% AP).

V5.6

• Cosmic Binding
  • Base damage increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 75 / 100 / 145 / 180 / 215.
  • No longer can it tether to unusual units such as Demacian Standard, Dark Sphere, Acceleration Gate, and wards.
• Magical Journey
  • Cooldown reduced to 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 seconds from 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 18.
  • Clicking on a Magical Journey portal is now more forgiving.
  • Bard will now score an assist if allies who use the portal score a kill shortly thereafter.
  • Clones (such as those created by Shaco, LeBlanc, Mordekaiser, and Yorick) can now be commanded to use the portal.
• Tempered Fate
  • Neutral monsters will no longer have their health reset while in stasis.

V5.5

• Added

Trivia

• Bard is one of 11 champions that have an ability that infinitely stacks an effect: Cho'Gath,  Kindred,  Nasus,  Senna,  Shyvana,  Sion,  Swain,  Sylas,  Thresh, and  Veigar.
  • In Bard's case, Traveler's Call infinitely stacks the base magic damage of his Meeps.
• Bard was the first champion released in 2015.
• Curiously enough, The Wonder Above is the antithesis of The Terror Beneath, going so far as to both having a portal-opening ability ( Magical Journey and Tunnel) as well as an enemy-destructible object-placing one ( Caretaker's Shrine and Tunnel)
• Bard is the first champion to be able to disable both Baron Nashor and Dragon (thanks to Tempered Fate's stasis) as well as the second to have only one damaging ability ( Cosmic Binding) the first being Master Yi ( Alpha Strike).
• In the Latin servers and in Spain, he is called Bardo.
• The Meeps will occasionally whisper upon spawning beside Bard.

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions