Bard

The Wandering Caretaker · Catcher

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Changes in Ultimate Spellbook

+8% damage dealt · -8% damage taken

Abilities

PassiveTraveler's Call

Meeps: Bard attracts lesser spirits that assist with his basic attacks to deal extra magic damage. When Bard has collected enough Chimes, his meeps will also deal damage in an area and slow enemies hit. Chimes: Ancient chimes randomly appear for Bard to collect. These grant experience, restore mana, and provide out of combat Move Speed.

QCosmic Binding11/10/9/8/7s60

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.

WCaretaker's Shrine0s70

Reveals a Health shrine which powers up over a short time, disappearing after healing and speeding up the first ally that touches it.

E

Magical Journey

22/20.5/19/17.5/16s

30

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.

RTempered Fate110/95/80s100

Bard sends spirit energy arcing to a location, putting all champions, minions, monsters, and turrets hit into stasis for a brief time.

Patch history

26.18 · Sep 10, 2026

Stats
Base armor reduced to 32 from 34.
Armor growth reduced to 4.7 from 5.

26.13 · Jun 24, 2026

Traveler's Call
Base Meep damage reduced to 30 from 35.
Meep damage per 5 Chimes reduced to 6 from 10.

26.10 · May 13, 2026

Tempered Fate
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Rift Herald Charge would proc a turret's Crystalline Overgrowth through Tempered Fate.

25.21 · Oct 22, 2025

Caretaker's Shrine
Minimum heal AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 30% AP.
Charged heal AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 60% AP.
Bonus movement speed AP ratio increased to 6% per 100 AP from 5% per 100 AP.

25.12 · Jun 11, 2025

Stats
Base movement speed increased to 335 from 330.

35 older patches

25.9 · Apr 30, 2025

Tempered Fate
Bug Fix: Corrected the layering of VFX when hitting elevated terrain.
Shan Hai Scrolls Bard
Bug Fix: Slow VFX from Traveler's Call no longer stops abruptly.

14.20

Caretaker's Shrine
New Effect: Cast now has a forgiveness radius of 175 units.

14.15

General
Bug Fix: Abilities SFX are no longer audible through the Fog of War.

Base stats

Health630 +103/lvl
Mana350 +50/lvl
Attack Damage52 +3/lvl
Attack Speed0.658 +2/lvl
Armor32 +4.7/lvl
Magic Resist30 +1.3/lvl
Base Health Regen5.5 +0.55/lvl
Base Mana Regen6 +0.45/lvl
Move Speed335
Range500

Ranged · Resource: Mana

14.9

Stats
Selection radius increased to 130 units from 88.8889007568359.

14.4

Stats
Armor growth reduced to 5 from 5.2.
Base attack speed increased to 0.658 from 0.625.
Attack speed ratio increased to 0.658 from 0.625.
Traveler's Call
Damage per 5 chimes reduced to 10 from 14.
AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 30% AP.
Cosmic Binding
Base damage reduced to 80 to 240 from 80 to 260.
AP ratio increased to 80% AP from 65% AP.

14.2

Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: Preparation time of the shrine is now properly synced with the VFX of the ability.
This also means the animation is no longer partially skipped when transitioning to the fully charged version.
Bug Fix: Can no longer be cast without going on cooldown.

13.19

Tempered Fate
Bug Fix: Stasis effect now properly disables Dragon ability to move.

13.18

Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: No longer loses a charge if he casts it outside of range and cancels the ability.
Traveler's Call
Movement speed duration increased to 20 seconds from 7.
Maximum number of stacks increased to 10 from 5.
Caretaker's Shrine
New Effect: Now stores 2 charges of the ability with an 18 second recharge timer.
Bonus movement speed reduced to 20 to 30% from 30% at all ranks.
New Effect: Bonus movement speed now scales with 5% per 100 AP.
Shrine charge timer reduced to 5 seconds from 10.
Cooldown reduced to 0 seconds from 14.

13.15

Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing it to heal either the maximum or minimum amount.
Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: Now properly heals allies.

13.14

Traveler's Call
Bug Fix: Enemies now properly can see chimes through the fog of war.

13.3

Traveler's Call
Bug Fix: Location of chimes on the mini-map are not visible to all other players once more.

13.1

Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: Can no longer cast the spell twice in a row when targeting an ally and a location each in quick succession.

12.14

General
Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.

12.10

Stats
Base health increased to 630 from 560.
Health growth increased to 103 from 89.
Armor growth increased to 5.2 from 4.
Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
Caretaker's Shrine
Minimum base heal reduced to 25 to 125 from 30 to 150.
Maximum base heal reduced to 50 to 200 from 60 to 240.

12.8

Traveler's Call
Base damage increased to 35 from 30.
Damage per 5 chimes increased to 14 from 12.
Caretaker's Shrine
Maximum base heal increased to 60 to 240 from 55 to 215.

12.1

Traveler's Call
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the Meeps would become targetable after he traveled through Hexgates.
Tempered Fate
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it did not interact with Glacial Augment correctly.
Enemies put into stasis are now simultaneously stunned for the same duration. This stun is affected by Tenacity, including negative Tenacity.

11.21

Traveler's Call
Undocumented/Bug Fix: Secondary targets hit by Meeps now trigger Ravenous Hydra and Muramana effects.

11.10

Traveler's Call
Base damage reduced to 30 from 40.

10.25

Traveler's Call
Bug Fix: Attacking a target multiple times with Meeps now properly reapplies Imperial Mandate.

10.16

Stats
Base health reduced to 560 from 575.
Caretaker's Shrine
Maximum base heal reduced to 55 to 215 from 70 to 230.

10.12

Traveler's Call
Bug Fix: Name and description are no longer missing in Death Recap.

10.9

Caretaker's Shrine
Bonus movement speed reduced to 30% from 50%.
Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 12.
Magical Journey
Cooldown increased to 22 to 16 seconds from 18 to 14.

10.5

Traveler's Call
Damage per 5 chimes reduced to 12 from 15.

9.18

Traveler's Call
Bug Fix: Meep cone attacks now properly break spell shields.

9.14

Stats
Base health increased to 575 from 535.
Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 7.5.
Magical Journey
Travel speed increased to 900 from 800.
Ally bonus speed changed to 33% at all ranks from 10 to 50%.

8.17

Tempered Fate
Cooldown reduced to 110 seconds from 130.

8.10

Cosmic Binding
Bug Fix: Can no longer stun units against Powder Keg with his Cosmic Binding.
Caretaker's Shrine
Mana cost reduced to 70 from 90.

8.7

General
Bug Fix: No longer T-poses when laughing.
Magical Journey
Bug Fix: Is no longer missing approach lines when clicking on Magical Journey to enter the portal.
Snow Day Bard and Elderwood Bard
Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: No longer use base VFX when placing Caretaker's Shrine.
Bard Bard
Magical Journey
Bug Fix: Is no longer missing approach lines when clicking on Magical Journey to enter the portal.

7.24

Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 7.5 from 5.4.
Traveler's Call
Meep base damage increased to 40 from 30.

7.22

Stats
Base armor increased to 34 from 25.
Traveler's Call
First Chime spawn time in Summoner's Rift reduced to 0:25 from 0:35.

7.15

Snow Day Bard
General
Bug Fix: Reattached a penguin's leg in recall and joke.
Caretaker's Shrine
Bug Fix: No longer has a higher volume level compared to his classic skin.

7.9

Stats
Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.

7.7

Traveler's Call
Meep base damage is now 30 (+15 every 5 Chimes) from 30;55;80;110;140;175;210;245;280;310;340;370;395;420;440;460 (+20 every 5 thereafter).
Meep slow changed to 25;35;45;55;65;75% from 25;45;60;70;75;80%.
Meep AoE unlock requirement reduced to 15 Chimes from 25 Chimes.
Meep AoE increased radius requirement reduced to 35 Chimes from 65 Chimes.
Meep recharge time reduced to 8;7;6;5;4 from 8;7;6;5;4.
Meep stock limit increased to 1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9 from 1;2;3;4.

7.4

Traveler's Call
Base movement speed bonus when picking up chimes increased to 24% from 18%.
Movement speed bonus per stack when picking up chimes increased to 14% from 12%.
Maximum bonus movement speed at 5 chimes increased to 80% from 66%.

7.1

Cosmic Binding
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing stun to last slightly longer than intended.
Bug Fix: Fixed a few cases where the snowflake ground decoration on Snow Day Bard's Cosmic Binding stun appeared in weird places on certain champions.