MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions

Bard build, with receipts

Support · Items from patches 26.1-26.12

Banned in 2.6% of 1,102,922 ranked games

Most-played choices

What most players pick in each slot.

Most finished three-item core

Dead Man's Plate then Bandlepipes then Locket of the Iron Solari

55.0% · 1,156 games

Win rates count the games where the item set got finished - the receipt for the completed build.

Most-played starting items

Full starting shop not recorded

First finished item

Dead Man's Plate

23,902 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

40,410 games

Level 1 skill and first max

Q at level 1

59,168 games

Max Q first

55,874 games

Most-played rune page

Electrocute — Domination: Cheap Shot, Deep Ward, Relentless Hunter + Sorcery: Celerity, Scorch; Attack speed / Adaptive force / Health

13,130 games

Full comparisons

Cores, first items, boots and starting items

The finished core

  • Dead Man's Plate then Bandlepipes then Locket of the Iron Solari: 55.0% · 1,156 games
  • Dead Man's Plate then Bandlepipes then Liandry's Torment: 56.0% · 725 games
  • Dead Man's Plate then Locket of the Iron Solari then Redemption: 59.3% · 675 games
  • Dead Man's Plate then Locket of the Iron Solari then Bandlepipes: 53.1% · 631 games
  • Dead Man's Plate then Liandry's Torment then Locket of the Iron Solari: 53.8% · 563 games

First finished item

  • Dead Man's Plate: 51.6% · 23,902 games
  • Bandlepipes: 49.8% · 6,078 games
  • Locket of the Iron Solari: 50.7% · 5,022 games
  • Liandry's Torment: 51.5% · 897 games

Boots

  • Boots of Swiftness: 51.2% · 30,224 games
  • Mercury's Treads: 52.7% · 3,225 games
  • Ionian Boots of Lucidity: 50.7% · 2,776 games

Starting shop

  • Health Potion + Health Potion: 50.6% · 37,301 games
  • Health Potion: 49.6% · 1,331 games
  • Control Ward: 47.2% · 386 games
Runes, shards and summoner spells

Most played full page

Electrocute — Domination: Cheap Shot, Deep Ward, Relentless Hunter + Sorcery: Celerity, Scorch; Attack speed / Adaptive force / Health. 49.3% · 13,130 games.

Runes

  • Electrocute: 50.8% · 53,321 games
  • Guardian: 49.3% · 2,119 games
  • Deathfire Touch: 47.5% · 1,910 games
  • Unsealed Spellbook: 47.3% · 1,622 games

Rune trees

  • Domination + Inspiration: 51.1% · 30,551 games
  • Domination + Sorcery: 50.2% · 19,329 games
  • Domination + Resolve: 51.1% · 3,503 games

Stat shards

  • Attack speed / Move speed / Health scaling: 50.6% · 22,885 games
  • Attack speed / Adaptive force / Health: 50.1% · 16,856 games

Summoner spells

  • Flash + Ignite: 50.4% · 40,410 games
  • Flash + Heal: 51.1% · 14,936 games
  • Exhaust + Flash: 49.2% · 4,572 games
Level 1 skill and first max
  • Q at level 1: 50.5% · 59,168 games
  • W at level 1: 48.3% · 725 games
  • E at level 1: 45.6% · 114 games
  • Max Q first: 51.2% · 55,874 games
  • Max W first: 49.8% · 677 games