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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
THE WANDERING CARETAKER
Official role
SUPPORT, MAGE
Lane
Support
Difficulty
High
Source tier
S

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE TRAVELER’S CALL

Bard attracts and collects Chimes, granting him XP, Mana, and out-of-combat Move Speed. Every collected Chime buffs Bard’s Meeps. Bard summons Meeps regularly, assisting with his basic attacks and dealing extra magic damage. When Bard has collected enough Chimes, his meeps will also deal damage in an area and slow enemies hit.

1 COSMIC BINDING

Bard fires a missile which will damage and slow the first enemy struck, and continue onward. If it strikes a wall, it will stun the initial target; if it strikes another enemy, it will stun them both.

2 CARETAKER’S SHRINE

Bard conjures a Health shrine at a target location, granting the first ally champion to enter Move Speed, AP, and Health. The shrine continues growing for a short while, powering up its healing value.

3 MAGICAL JOURNEY

Bard opens a portal in nearby terrain. Ally and enemy champions alike can take a one-way trip through that terrain by moving into the portal.

ULTIMATE TEMPERED FATE

Bard sends spirit energy arcing to a location, putting all champions, minions, monsters, and turrets hit into stasis for a brief time, as well as stunning them. Enemies hit are revealed for the duration.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Lich Bane
  2. Infinity Orb
  3. Rabadon's Deathcap
  4. Boots of Mana

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 5reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.