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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Bard Draft Guide

Wild Rift pick, ban and counter-pick read — the Wandering Caretaker.

Safe blind pick. Bard holds up before the enemy laner is known, so it can go first.

  • Blind safety89/100
  • Ban rank#54 of 142
  • Pick rank#52 of 142
  • Support standing#2 of 38
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Who breaks a blind Bard

Any one of them in the enemy draft drops Bard’s blind safety from 89 to 74; Bard’s blind floor is 49.5%.

  • Pantheon

    Support / Baron / Jungle / Mid · B tier · 48.6% win rate

  • Poppy

    Support / Baron · B tier · 53.8% win rate

  • Pyke

    Support · C tier · 50.1% win rate

If the enemy locks Bard

The assistant’s best answer in each lane Bard plays, with Bard entered as the enemy pick.

LaneBest pickBackupSafety
SupportVel'KozPoppy91/100

Drafting around Bard

Bard leans AP, so the next pick should add AD damage. Best pick for each lane Bard does not play:

LaneBest pickBackupSafety
BaronKayleYone84/100
JungleNidaleeWukong92/100
MidVel'KozKayle91/100
DragonSmolderKalista84/100

Where Bard is the answer

Zed, Zoe

Names, titles, classes, difficulty and ability names are read off Riot's official Wild Rift site. Lanes are this site's filing; items and runes are Wild Rift's shop and rune tree; the derived sample itself was last built on patch 7.3b. Every rate is a derived sample — Riot publishes no Wild Rift API, and nothing on this page presents one as measured. Read 2026-10-18.

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