
Bard Patch History
Every buff and nerf, with the numbers, 3.8 to 26.16
Bard has been touched in 23 of the 305 patches tracked here, across 46 individual values: 29 moved in their favour, 17 against. Most recent change: patch 25.21.
The abilities Riot keeps touching
Health, attack damage, armour, magic resist, movement speed, attack range and their per-level growth.
Bard's presence causes magical chimes to appear, which grant Bard experience, mana, and a burst of speed. Additionally, lesser spirits follow Bard and aid in his attacks - collecting chimes causes these meeps to gain power over the course of the game.
Bard fires a missile which will 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.
Reveals a healing shrine which powers up over a short time, disappearing after healing the first ally that touches it.
Bard opens a portal in nearby terrain. Allies and enemies alike can take a one-way trip through that terrain by moving into the portal.
Bard sends spirit energy arcing to a location, putting all champions, minions, monsters, and turrets hit into stasis for a brief time.
Every change, newest first
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Move Speed Ratio | 0.0005/0.0005/0.0005/0.0005/0.0005 | → | ▲ 0.0006/0.0006/0.0006/0.0006/0.0006 20% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move speed | 330 | → | ▲ 335 2% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armor per level | 5.2 | → | ▼ 5 4% | ||
| Attack speed | 0.625 | → | ▲ 0.658 5% | ||
| Attack speed ratio | 0.625 | → | ▲ 0.658 5% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Chargeup Time | 10/10/10/10/10 | → | ▼ 5/5/5/5/5 50% | |
| W | Cooldown | 14/14/14/14/14 | → | ▲ 0/0/0/0/0 100% | |
| W | Effect 8 | 10/10/10/10/10 | → | ▼ 5/5/5/5/5 50% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armor per level Class-wide | 4 | → | ▲ 5.2 30% | ||
| Base HP Class-wide | 560 | → | ▲ 630 12% | ||
| HP per level Class-wide | 89 | → | ▲ 103 16% | ||
| MR per level Class-wide | 0.5 | → | ▲ 1.3 160% | ||
| W | Initial Heal | 30/60/90/120/150 | → | ▼ 25/50/75/100/125 17% | |
| W | Max Heal | 60/105/150/195/240 | → | ▼ 50/87.5/125/162.5/200 17% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Max Heal | 55/95/135/175/215 | → | ▲ 60/105/150/195/240 11% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Cast range | 25000/25000/25000/25000/25000 | → | ▼ 950/950/950/950/950 96% | |
| Q | Cooldown | 11/10/9/8/7 | → | ▲ 0/0/0/0/0 100% | |
| E | Cast range | 900/900/900/900/900 | → | ▲ 25000/25000/25000/25000/25000 | |
| E | Cooldown | 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 | → | ▲ 0/0/0/0/0 100% | |
| E | Effect 1 | 10/10/10/10/10 | → | ▲ 20/20/20/0/0 20% | |
| E | Effect 2 | 33/33/33/33/33 | → | ▼ 14/14/14/0/0 75% | |
| E | Effect 3 | 900/900/900/900/900 | → | ▼ 2/2/2/2/2 100% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base HP | 575 | → | ▼ 560 3% | ||
| W | Effect 6 | 70/110/150/190/230 | → | ▼ 55/95/135/175/215 10% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Cooldown | 12/12/12/12/12 | → | ▼ 14/14/14/14/14 17% | |
| W | Effect 1 | 50/50/50/50/50 | → | ▼ 30/30/30/30/30 40% | |
| E | Cooldown | 18/17/16/15/14 | → | ▼ 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 19% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base HP | 535 | → | ▲ 575 7% | ||
| HP regen | 1.5 | → | ▼ 1.1 27% | ||
| E | Effect 2 | 10/20/30/40/50 | → | ▲ 33/33/33/33/33 10% | |
| E | Effect 3 | 800/800/800/800/800 | → | ▲ 900/900/900/900/900 12% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Cast range | 25000/25000/25000/25000/25000 | → | ▼ 800/800/800/800/800 97% | |
| R | Cast range | 3400/3400/3400 | → | ▲ 25000/25000/25000 |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Cooldown | 115/90/10 | → | ▲ 95/80/10 14% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Cost | 90/90/90/90/90/90 | → | ▲ 70/70/70/70/70/70 22% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP regen Class-wide | 7.5 | → | ▼ 1.5 80% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP regen | 5.4 | → | ▲ 7.5 39% |
Show the earlier 8 patches, back to 5.6
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base armor Class-wide | 25 | → | ▲ 34 36% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MR per level Class-wide | 0 | → | ▲ 0.5 |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | Effect 1 | 20/20/20/20/20 | → | ▼ 10/10/10/10/10 50% | |
| E | Effect 2 | 10/10/10/10/10 | → | ▲ 10/20/30/40/50 200% | |
| E | Effect 3 | 1/1/1/1/1 | → | ▲ 800/800/800/800/800 |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Ratio a1 | 0.2 | → | ▲ 0.3 50% | |
| W | Ratio a2 | 0.45 | → | ▲ 0.6 33% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Cost | 100/105/110/115/120 | → | ▲ 90/90/90/90/90 18% | |
| W | Effect 9 | 100/105/110/115/120 | → | ▼ 90/90/90/90/90 18% | |
| E | Cooldown | 20/19/18/17/16 | → | ▲ 18/17/16/15/14 11% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP per level Class-wide | 85 | → | ▲ 89 5% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base AD | 46 | → | ▲ 52 13% | ||
| Base armor | 21 | → | ▲ 25 19% | ||
| Q | Effect 1 | 80/120/160/200/240 | → | ▲ 80/125/170/215/260 6% | |
| Q | Ratio a1 | 0.5 | → | ▲ 0.65 30% |
| Ability | What changed | Before | After | Since 5.5 release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Effect 1 | 75/110/145/180/215 | → | ▲ 80/120/160/200/240 10% | |
| E | Cooldown | 26/24/22/20/18 | → | ▲ 20/19/18/17/16 18% |