Tanky Support Bard Build
Tanky Support Bard build with runes and items. Tanky Support Bard guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Tanky Support Bard build in League of Legends Patch 14.18!
Updated: 2024-05-17 ()
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TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
Q
W
E
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Tanky Support Bard Runes
Resolve
Precision
Passive
How it works
Tanky Support Build specific
- You play Support who goes tanky.
How to play
Tanky Support Build specific
- Identify your role within the team (engage, peel, frontline)
- If your team needs engage, go Trailblazer and Shurelya's Battlesong
- If your team needs peel, go Knight's Vow and Locket of the Iron Solari.
- Knight's Vow is a surprisingly good item. Buy it and use it if you have carry or bruiser/fighter who is doing well.
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
- Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
Tips and Tricks
General
- Collecting chimes is essential. It improves your damage and Passive effects, gives mana and movement speed. Do it!
- Low on mana? Collect some chimes.
- Use your W. Put it somewhere behind your team, so they can use it when needed and enemy can't destroy it. Let it charge for increased Healing.
- You can have 3 Ws at the same time. You can leave 2 Ws behind your team for healing.
- You have great engaging tool with your R. Play with your team and do not wait for 'special moment'. You can land great Rs, catching people off and making engagements possible.
- Identify the best targets for your Ultimate. Is there an enemy who lacks mobility? That's a good target. Sometimes you can use it for disrupting fights. Or for protecting your allies. Be mindful!
- E is an interesting tool that you can use in ARAM. You can aggressively E into an enemy team or play mind games with them.
Riot
- It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
- Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
- Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Skill Order
- Cosmic BindingQ
- Caretaker's ShrineW
- Magical JourneyE
- Tempered FateR
Items
Starting items
Boots
For peel
For engage
Good tank items
Good MR items
Good Armor items
Situational items
For the last fight
Example final build