Gimmie All Those Chimes
Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus
adaptive damage .
Damage: 70 - 240 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) damage.
Cooldown: 20s
'We called them the Thunderlords, for to speak of their lightning was to invite disaster.'Why?
Thanks to his passive, Bard is able to easily proc electrocute for huge burst with either **Auto->[Q]** or **Auto->Auto**.
Cheap Shot
Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).
Cooldown: 4sActivates on damage occurring after the impairment. Why?
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.
Grisly Mementos
Collect 1 memento on champion
takedowns , up to 18 total.
Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected. In game modes where vision Trinkets do not exist, instead gain 3 Summoner Spell Haste.Why?
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.
Relentless Hunter
Gain
8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.Why?
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.
Scorch
Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.
Cooldown: 10sWhy?
Scorch on Bard empowers your early laning phase trades to do big damage with kill potential with sustained harass damage.
Celerity
All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain
1% Move Speed .Why?
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.
