Bard

Gimmie All Those Chimes

Lane harassment and consistent damage output.

Domination

Burst damage and target access

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Cheap Shot

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Relentless Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.

Sorcery

Empowered abilities and resource manipulation

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Celerity

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

Why Electrocute

Thanks to his passive, Bard is able to easily proc electrocute for huge burst with either **Auto->[Q]** or **Auto->Auto**.

Why Cheap Shot

Once you've collected 5 chimes Bard's passive auto attacks slow, proccing Cheap Shot. Paired with Bard's [Q] you'll be permanently slowing and dealing True Damage to any target you wish.

Why Grisly Mementos

Grisly Mementos is a great rune choice in this slot as it synergizes well with Sightstone and Bard's natural roaming nature, allowing him to get deeper wards more often.

Why Relentless Hunter

Relentless Hunter further empowers Bard's ability to **roam the map**, collect chimes, and **get to any fight**. If you're expecting to **invest in teamfight items (Locket/Redemption)** early you can **take Ingenious Hunter** here to try and abuse their massively lowered cooldown.

WhyScorch

Scorch on Bard empowers your early laning phase trades to do big damage with kill potential with sustained harass damage.

WhyCelerity

Bard heavily relies on his ability to roam to pick op Chimes throughout the game. The bonus Movement Speed from Celerity pairs well with Relentless Hunter to help you get around the map and get to those chimes quickly.