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@@Nope-ln4yj I have. It’s just that my teammates are always the ones suffering. I’m no longer trying to climb the arduous journey towards challenger, and have accepted the meme builds. Have you seen a malphite the size of baron? How about sion camping in a bush and one shoting your adcs? I que up with friends who love using items not for their class. Master yi as a tank is the best.
@@bluesap7318 lmao lucky. And I could be one of those friends, especially with full ad/ap sion midlane or nuke ap rammus, have a fun day on the rift mate!
@@psyfozim Yeah they tried to soft rework him by changing his W and that just alienated him further from the only people who played him (and being Riot they never reverted it)
@@user-gp7gl8lq9f pretty sure he is in terrible spot , he is one of the few champions riot made to suck , because they can't balance him righ (Shocking i know) , so they end up making him weak just so he doesn't get picked in high elo ( where he is used to be great ), i bet he will get rework to his kits
When you talk about bards and their history it's also important to know how an enormous part of medieval culture and history has been preserved thanks to transcriptions ore folklore songs passed down and communicated orally by bards, just how Bards goal is to preserve runterras history, indirectly, normal bards did the same!
Bard is the champion I hold really close to my heart. When he was announced in 2015 my entire friendgroup talked smack about him, calling him ugly with his 'peglegs' and disgusting hair. I played him since I was getting tired of playing Thresh and Morg everygame and as soon as I started to play him I fell in love. I played him so much that I started to get people saying in game "This is the only good Bard player I have ever seen" and it made me so chuffed. The kids at school from grades below me (only a small handful) started to know me as the Senior who was a good Bard Main, people who played DoTA knew Bard as the "Really bad champion but somehow Spooqs is the only person who knows how to play him well" and my friends would be excited to play with me when I picked Bard. When I met my League friends in 2016 they knew me as the Bard main and were surprised that someone could play him as well as I. I don't play him much anymore (Which is upsetting), but I really ought to. I love the champion and I'm happy people are finally playing him. Edit: Never knew that talking about my time playing Bard in High School would be so controversial xd
Actually I remember once sitting in a college classroom, tuning out my professor and looking around the semicircle we were all seated in wondering: who could I land a wall stun off of from this angle?
The memories came back. Back when I was playing League I had this one beautiful day when I carried eight games with this champion to Gold 5. Great design, even when you are losing you can enjoy the game by running it in the enemy jungle only to kite back to your base to tilt enemy players. This is how the new champion should look like. Unique, hard to play, not overloaded, but fun to play.
Watching Exil videos is like sitting next to an old man near a bonfire and hearing his stories, and it makes me want to keep hearing more and more. You're great man, keep up the good work.
The clip of Tyler1 reminds me of something I once saw someone point out, and that was how damn smart he is at choosing his words. If you go look at the "how did it make it to live servers" clip, he not ONCE says the name of the game, so that clip can literally be used across any game that this could apply to. Love thinking about that when I watch some of his clips
Pro players often brake some picks because roit is nerving Soloq and peoplay on the same level but i am ok with i loved how op soraka was but than everythink change when the proplayers played her now i am more a neeko lover xD
Love the Core-A analysis vids, both the content and the presentation. Wish it would roll over even onto other game genres because his vids are high effort and quality.
@@andrewkandasamy it does. hence why league is a sustain, stealth, mobility, one-shot shitfest with each new champ being more and more overtuned to stand out. the new champs are fun to play sure but playing against someone with 5 dashes and a stealth that never ends that can oneshot you is not a fun experience and feels less like you outskill your opponents and more like you're pigeonholed into playing something more broken or you have to go to great lengths to "handle" them.
“This really should be one of the default report tabs. No, but it probably doesn’t happen enough. So you just gotta type it in: Picked Bard” Dunkey, Escape from Hell 2
tbh with such a wide player base, a massive amount of characters and items, and dozens of ways to play, complaining about poor balance is obvious and a perfectly balanced game is unachievable and not worth crying over
totally agree, but sometimes, they wanna force a solo q champion to fit in proscene, fiora for example is a splitpush monster but a very weak teamfighter, but they buffed her few patches ago even she is so strong already, without mentioning some 'stupid' ways to balance champion, for example ashe , she is good in proscene because of her utility, but instead of nerfing her utility aspects for eg increasing E cooldown they nerfed the base AD (i guess)
I mean ofc you cant expect a completely balanced game, but with how bad riot handles certain changes and the ridicilous bullshit they release it is fine to complain.
Theres small balancing changes which have little impact, and then theres the time that Galio Q doing more than 100% of your health as percent damage made it to live. Riot releases changes that just completely redefines the strength of champions a little TOO often. The number of times they have to walk back changes because they just didn't do that much QA before releasing has been...discouraging to be honest. People do complain far too often about small things because they don't or can't adapt to it, but there's also been some really crazy changes that have brought on legitimate criticism
Can't believe I hadn't seen this video yet. I've been playing Bard almost since release and this feels like such a nostalgia trip. My opinion is that he's always been pretty broken, but people (myself included) are just not good enough to exploit all of his potential. I mean you can really take the champ into any lane and build literally any combination of items and it will still be viable.
i remember playing bard when hes on free rotation one day and just loving him. Played the shit out of him. Watched a random lcs game and it happened to be when aphromoo picked him and I was just happy as shit
As someone Who plays Bard with Heart from the Start: i would really credit him for being the first champion with "questionable" abilities (an escape that works for both teams, an AoE zhonyas???) And kind of started the line. Right after we got kindred with a similar "both teams use it" ult with a similar "fuck-up" risk, and if I remember correctly the next released support was tahm kench who is also trolly as heck (eat allies,multiplayer TF ult etc) That being said, I think Bard was always really good, especially when frostfang existed and had the quest on it that was kind of a phage but better concept. It allowed bard to move really fast in teamfights and position himself for Qs, while also survive and it had him do damage to 1v1 adcs, even with the full tank full cdr build I always rocked
4:33 We all know he is still a really troll champion and will always be that way. Not that's not effective but really troll both for the opponent, allies and even himself.
So frikin true. With every new champion released Udyr gets even more behind. I remember in older seasons when he at least had a good movement speed with dead's man plate and bear stance, but now champs like Lillia fucking outrun him with their stupid passives. Ritos logic : we finally release champs with no dashes, so we give them unlimited movement speed
I’m very low elo (gold 2) and I don’t see udry as weak, so I want to ask an udyr main why is your champion so weak. For example I’ve had so many udyrs in my game legit run around point and click stun someone auto them to death while being the tankiest player in the game. I played against udyr mid, I didn’t die to him, he was 0/3/1, and he builds full mr and genuinely couldn’t die, he tanked 5 people’s damage and could run around smiling. I’m sure what you’re saying is right and maybe my experiences with the champ are only with good udyrs but still, compared to something like twitch jungle udry doesn’t seem bad at all in my eyes.
@@Elijahgoods It only happens in low elo In high elo it is near impossible to get a kill with him because everybody takes a champ with more mobility or hard cc. Also Udyr is pretty useless in teamfights
the research and effort put into these videos are astounding and i absolutelty love them along with the fact that all these are done by 1 person makes these videos so much cooler to watch
I enjoyed the video as always, your videos are so well produced and tell stories that I've lived through in a different way than I experienced, it's like I get a new perspective of what happened (but I've been silver all my life so I don't really know what's going on lol)
The first time one of my friends tried bard, we spent the entire game yelling “Tunnel Meta!” And just seeing what we could do with the tunnel... fun times
Lol I was right on time to get slapped by that meeps damage nerf. After a few months of playing him consecutively, his meep's damage dropped. But he still stings a lot. I build statik shiv and luden's on him. But the damage drop from meeps is pretty damn noticeable and annoying.
Bard is strong in competitive play right now but I would not attribute this solely to his countless buffs. In no small part his prevalence in pro play is also due to the common adc picks. He pairs well with every meta adc, Caitlyn, Ashe and Senna all are decent lanes and you can play Bard with Ezreal or Kalista, too. The latter two lanes arent the best but they are okay and have been picked plenty of times in pro play with decent success. The previous meta with Kaisa, Xayah botlanes made Bard super hard to play, both champs can easily evade Bards crowd control and do not like to have a Bard as their support either. I'm looking forward to Worlds with Bard as a good support pick because even though I'm not a Bard main I always had a soft spot for the guy. His kit is just so unique and so much fun that I want to see more of him.
Quick story time! I started playing LoL when quarantine started in Italy, and fell in love with a lot of characters. It's what I liked the most about the game, I liked playing characters that I found funny, and made me laugh. I started with Blitzcrank, since I like robots, and his personality made me cackle! I then went for Nunu and Willump, Braum, Shaco.. The list went on! It wasn't until March when I finally discovered Bard. I was confused, for a second I thought that they just added them as a secret and I just stumbled upon it or something, but my friends relieved me, by saying that "Bard is just a bad champion, nobody really uses them, which is why you haven't seen them yet!" I immediately fell in love. Their design, their moveset, their wacky and upbeat personality, it was all perfect for me, and I felt special for playing such an underrated character! It came to the point where my ADCs usually got very surprised and sent me friend requests (even my enemies, sometimes!), because I, according to them, was the first player that "knew how to use Bard" I got better and better at Bard, up to the point where I was able to carry botlane by myself (mind you, I am still absolutely not even close to being a good *LoL* player, just good at Bard)! Cut to a month ago, when Bard started gaining extreme popularity: People were using them, making memes of them, posting clips of their plays and.. It warmed my heart. Bard has become something special to me, more than just an "underrated" hard support. Bard is an experience, and probably the most fun champion in the game. If you want to enjoy League, as a support player, please, give my magical friend a chance, I promise that Bard will NEVER let you down. End of storytime!
I’m bard mono since the release, and i love this champion, even when Bard was considered weak I loved to play with him. I’m actually Top2 Mastery on Brazilian Server, I Have 3million mastery points
With his recent decline in competitive LOL, can't wait for "The Champion Made With 200 Years - The History Of Mr. 200 Years Himself in League of Legends"
Love your videos, every time I see one I watch it and they’re always really enjoyable and informative! Have you ever thought about doing a similar video for Vi and her lack of consistent play in Competitive environments as well as her outdated kits and seemingly being “replaced” by Sett?
Here in Brazil, one proplayer got so much attention playing Bard during CBLOL that the teams starting banning Bard just against him. His name is Redbert, and yesterday during the finals, when Bard was banned once again for him to not pick it, the casters started joking "no Bard for RedBard". There was also a lot of M7 Bards popping up in SoloQ since his ressurgence lol
I finally realized who you remind me of. Between the smooth voice work and the music in the background, you could be a dead ringer for the old Gametrailers Retrospectives guy. I really like the well researched style that you've got going on.
honestly one of my favorite chaps in all of league and this video definitely made me love him even more and makes me wanna go back to playing him, thank you for the wave of nostalgia that was this video. much love!
Bar was my first main I got when I started playing this game. He was still new then, and you'd get people dodging the queue when you locked him in. Just looking at him and listening to the sound effects was a big reason of why I wanted to keep playing this very frustrating game that my friends were forcing upon me. He was just pleasant. There might be spam pings following me up the river as I left my twitch alone with a blitzcrank and a draven, but those meeps whispering in my ear made it all better
Im making a marathon out of your vids. Out of all creators ive watched yours have the most information from recent to ancient. I start playing since season 6 and everything earlier than that is what i like to watched. More powerspike to you and ur channel 🔥
Picked up the Champ half a year after release and I love it. I never stopped playing him no matter how good or bad he was. Playing him is just so much fun. Didn't even know he was bad when he got released. Though I remember getting a ton of flame in my first 20 games of Bard especially when you hit a bad ultimate. Once I got better I found out that some LOL-Players actually type positive stuff when u pull off a play. Nice video!
i remember when aurelion sol was announced with the cancellation of ao shin then boom bard is announced from out of the blue. i started maining bard on a whim around 2018, relatively easily climbed from bronze to silver 2 by playing only him, and because i didn't feel like tryharding to get into gold and don't follow high elo/pro play, didn't realize he was actually getting popular until he was seemingly randomly nerfed with 10.5. if you go to lolcounter, the top tip (presumably a very old one) is "Don't ban bard so the enemy team can pick him and you can collect your free win"
Bard will always remain my favorite champion. I had quit league for nearly 4 months but then Bard's release got me back into league. Racked up mastery level 5 ASAP and is still my most played champion. I don't have any friends who enjoy playing him, but I can never get enough of him. Even when you're behind, you feel like only 1 big ult, 1 big journey, or 1 big pick can change the tides.
I remember people typing almost every game - ''bard build?'', as they finally noticed me building rfc with deadman's plate on bard. The plate was essential - for roaming, beef and some extra dmg, while the rfc allowed bard to poke in late without exposing himself and being caught. I was pretty proud of the unconventional build I came up with to suit my playstyle back then. Hunting for adcs in the jungle was really satisfying, especially since bard could beat a 6-slot quite easily with a good chime collection. Feels good to have this build recognized as superior, even if that's not what it was at the time. I just had most fun with it. Also I love his character. That detached carefree attitude and helping here and there are so me.
I have returned to the game after a year, I have been looking for Bard things for weeks, the truth is that this video has filled me with memories. I remember when the champion came out, I remember the hatred I had for him when I saw him in game for trolls at that time. But after buying him and playing my first game, I fell in love with Bard, he really is my favorite champion and I currently have 830k Mastery. this video has brought back many fond memories of my start with Bard. and next season i hope rise to Diamond with Bard
Your vidéos are something else. I rarely leave comments on videos but damn, I don’t even play league anymore but your videos are the only ones I approach as movies. Snacks, headset, enjoy. Take all the time you need to create these masterpieces my friend. Props to you !
Because of how much time I put into these videos they take quite a while to make... so I am sorry to keep you guys waiting. However, to stay updated with me and to reach out to me the best way to do that is through my discord I am extremely active in there! So consider joining! Thanks :) discord.gg/UNt6sQ3
BARDUS MAXIMUS
For a bard main like myself it was worth the wait
Don't you worry, Exil, we appreciate your documentaries no matter the time it takes!
Being a Bard Main, I'm so happy to see this video and I'm so happy you exist! Amazing work!
Can u make one about Tahm Kench?
ootay
hope you and all the bard mains enjoyed!
*happy bard noises*
Thanks to Polypuff, i started playing bard :)
@@3xe869 *something in bard*
Our Legend (づ￣ ³￣)づ
This should be titled : Bard's Magical Journey
I read “tilted” instead of titled. Fml
Sadly that's the name of another video from someone else, else it would've been perfect.
Bard's Bizzarre Adventures
Not clickbaity enough
@@TheAvaricious. this was what I was thinking
Bard is a cute pacifist, up until when he pops out of a wall with 60 chimes and 2 shots you.
Never happened to me
@@bluesap7318 you haven't played against night harvester nashors bard so far then
@@Nope-ln4yj I have. It’s just that my teammates are always the ones suffering. I’m no longer trying to climb the arduous journey towards challenger, and have accepted the meme builds. Have you seen a malphite the size of baron? How about sion camping in a bush and one shoting your adcs? I que up with friends who love using items not for their class. Master yi as a tank is the best.
@@bluesap7318 lmao lucky.
And I could be one of those friends, especially with full ad/ap sion midlane or nuke ap rammus, have a fun day on the rift mate!
Sometimes I play bard like I'm playing pyke. xD
“Becoming the very first player to win on bard”
Bard win rate: 0.001%
MONKEY MAGIC
Actually, this 10:09 could explain the stigma of bard being a troll, he only cares about saving the universe not the champions. Makes sense to me .
LOl
Win the match, dont care about 20% of the team, is a thing every bard can agree on i think.
bu-but you are my universe.
So G from Street Fighter V except people like G.
meep man and boop man
We all know Bard became top tier when his winter skin was released. Best skin, 10/10 pengus
The astro meeps are too cute though
astronaut bard is just amogus
Bard was so under tuned on release, you were better off having a 1v2 bot lane, since the XP difference made more of an impact than he did.
LOL
thats where Yumi comes in, to remind people how 1v2 are
@@shadou1234567 well, a bad Yuumi. A good Yuumi can solo carry the lane or at least go neutral.
I feel we had this again with Yuumi last year, champ was so useless on release you better NOT have her on your team xD
I remember that. It was literally considered trolling picking him when he was released
"no champion will remain terrible forever"
*cries in Asol*
Rather than staying bad didnt A Sol decline? 🤣
@@psyfozim Yeah they tried to soft rework him by changing his W and that just alienated him further from the only people who played him (and being Riot they never reverted it)
@@colossaldonut5190 why buff him when we can buff ahri when they gonnna release a new kda song !
Asol is not a bad champ he is just hard to play
@@user-gp7gl8lq9f pretty sure he is in terrible spot , he is one of the few champions riot made to suck , because they can't balance him righ (Shocking i know) , so they end up making him weak just so he doesn't get picked in high elo ( where he is used to be great ), i bet he will get rework to his kits
Pyke: **gets released**
Bard: PANIK!
Pyke: **gets picked as an assassin mid laner**
Bard: Kalm
Pyke: **gets nerfs for solo lane and buffs for support to come bot lane again**
Bard: PANIKK!!
Pyke: *Build Tiamat for solo lane*
Bard: Kalm
I thought I was the only one who gets fucked up playing against Pyke...
@@Kepitano nah the buffs were advertised like that but it was actually a buff to solo lane and a nerf to support because rito is shit at balancing
True enough. I would rather play against a Yuumi than Pyke than can assassinate me so quick.
*Bard Mains:* 🎶 _Toss a coin to your Jungler; oh valley of plenty_ 🎶
A man of culture I see.
one of rats best songs on his playlist
Shugy shugy shugyyyy hohohoho hihihihi hohohoho
Duchi,i see you're a witcher fan.
L
25:54 "his damage was reduced from 12 to 15"
ehhm ok
Oops! My bad
@Phương Nguyễn Reduced by +3
@@pierreo33 12-15=-3
This is the only acceptable Bard nerf.
When you talk about bards and their history it's also important to know how an enormous part of medieval culture and history has been preserved thanks to transcriptions ore folklore songs passed down and communicated orally by bards, just how Bards goal is to preserve runterras history, indirectly, normal bards did the same!
"Bard was just... Bard."
Yes he was, and some of us love him for it
Bard is the champion I hold really close to my heart.
When he was announced in 2015 my entire friendgroup talked smack about him, calling him ugly with his 'peglegs' and disgusting hair. I played him since I was getting tired of playing Thresh and Morg everygame and as soon as I started to play him I fell in love. I played him so much that I started to get people saying in game "This is the only good Bard player I have ever seen" and it made me so chuffed. The kids at school from grades below me (only a small handful) started to know me as the Senior who was a good Bard Main, people who played DoTA knew Bard as the "Really bad champion but somehow Spooqs is the only person who knows how to play him well" and my friends would be excited to play with me when I picked Bard.
When I met my League friends in 2016 they knew me as the Bard main and were surprised that someone could play him as well as I. I don't play him much anymore (Which is upsetting), but I really ought to. I love the champion and I'm happy people are finally playing him.
Edit: Never knew that talking about my time playing Bard in High School would be so controversial xd
then everyone clapped
Damn u really thought u had smth with this comment
You go girl!
similiar story ,with me right now hes my pocket pick when i get support (top/supp)
umm ok
Actually I remember once sitting in a college classroom, tuning out my professor and looking around the semicircle we were all seated in wondering: who could I land a wall stun off of from this angle?
always good to see my meep man get some love
meep boy
not like he's getting some skins...
@@atocanboi409 he's an astronaut now!
@@tarnished4502 yeah he got a skin so don't expect one for 3 years.
space meeps are the cutest thing ever
@@atocanboi409 i still live snow day bard penguins and hot choco whats not to like here 😍
15:16 "becoming the first ever player to win with bard"
:D
"I'm a bard main" is a sentence I'm saying for 5 seasons now...
I feel this man. Bard Mains unite!
has a jhin profile
@@frontlinedoggo6902 I like jhin but there is a diffrence between like and love.I love bard
Imma Brad main too. :)
crazy how fast time passes
The memories came back. Back when I was playing League I had this one beautiful day when I carried eight games with this champion to Gold 5. Great design, even when you are losing you can enjoy the game by running it in the enemy jungle only to kite back to your base to tilt enemy players. This is how the new champion should look like. Unique, hard to play, not overloaded, but fun to play.
Watching Exil videos is like sitting next to an old man near a bonfire and hearing his stories, and it makes me want to keep hearing more and more. You're great man, keep up the good work.
thanks so much
Hey, I enjoyed the video! Really nice to see Bard being given some "history time".
Thank you really glad to hear you enjoyed it!
13:40 That was clearly Malphite's fault, and I wish my teammates understood that I can cancel my ult after I start casting it.
My friend once said "You don't control Bard. Bard controls you and we make decision together."
The clip of Tyler1 reminds me of something I once saw someone point out, and that was how damn smart he is at choosing his words. If you go look at the "how did it make it to live servers" clip, he not ONCE says the name of the game, so that clip can literally be used across any game that this could apply to. Love thinking about that when I watch some of his clips
Two types of League players:
Those who experiment on their own
And
Those who wait for the pros to define the meta.
Pro players often brake some picks because roit is nerving Soloq and peoplay on the same level but i am ok with i loved how op soraka was but than everythink change when the proplayers played her now i am more a neeko lover xD
People who aren't good enough to support their own creativity are often called trollers.
what the fuck is meta, I play champs that look cool and have interesting kits.
like Yorick
pros define the meta because they actually know what theyre doing
A long time ago I tried attack speed cho. Lost most of my games, but it was fun AF.
"Why should we buff more than we nerf?"
*Core-A Gaming flashbacks*
Love the Core-A analysis vids, both the content and the presentation. Wish it would roll over even onto other game genres because his vids are high effort and quality.
His wise words: Nerfs hurt two times more than the happiness that buffs give you
@@f1r3hunt3rz5 Doesn't this just lead to general power creep over time?
@@andrewkandasamy it does. hence why league is a sustain, stealth, mobility, one-shot shitfest with each new champ being more and more overtuned to stand out. the new champs are fun to play sure but playing against someone with 5 dashes and a stealth that never ends that can oneshot you is not a fun experience and feels less like you outskill your opponents and more like you're pigeonholed into playing something more broken or you have to go to great lengths to "handle" them.
Never played a fighting game in my life but still loved this channel.
“This really should be one of the default report tabs. No, but it probably doesn’t happen enough. So you just gotta type it in: Picked Bard” Dunkey, Escape from Hell 2
gotta love it
I was literally gonna post this lol. One of Dunkey's last League videos, trashing on bard lol
@@Exil22 mlĺ0
"Bard is actually pretty good if you build AFK on him."
DED
still to this day i refer to "electrocute" as thunderlords
Same
same
Bullshit there isnt a keystone called electrocute. What the f are you talkin bout mate
i call aftershock colossus sometimes
@@NTTofMistery are you ok buddy? Theyre identical runes
I can't wait to see this channel in the next 5 years or so and have it full of videos dedicated to just about each individual champion
Lunch + Exil = Best lunch
heck yeah! haha
Exilent lunch
True +
25:56 “His dmg was reduced from 12 to 15” hmm i see i see
tbh with such a wide player base, a massive amount of characters and items, and dozens of ways to play, complaining about poor balance is obvious and a perfectly balanced game is unachievable and not worth crying over
For sure.
totally agree, but sometimes, they wanna force a solo q champion to fit in proscene, fiora for example is a splitpush monster but a very weak teamfighter, but they buffed her few patches ago even she is so strong already, without mentioning some 'stupid' ways to balance champion, for example ashe , she is good in proscene because of her utility, but instead of nerfing her utility aspects for eg increasing E cooldown they nerfed the base AD (i guess)
I mean ofc you cant expect a completely balanced game, but with how bad riot handles certain changes and the ridicilous bullshit they release it is fine to complain.
Theres small balancing changes which have little impact, and then theres the time that Galio Q doing more than 100% of your health as percent damage made it to live. Riot releases changes that just completely redefines the strength of champions a little TOO often. The number of times they have to walk back changes because they just didn't do that much QA before releasing has been...discouraging to be honest. People do complain far too often about small things because they don't or can't adapt to it, but there's also been some really crazy changes that have brought on legitimate criticism
@@totoyuki1 2% max hp per tick => 3% (per 100 ap) max hp per tick on galio's q
U mean that?
Can't believe I hadn't seen this video yet. I've been playing Bard almost since release and this feels like such a nostalgia trip. My opinion is that he's always been pretty broken, but people (myself included) are just not good enough to exploit all of his potential. I mean you can really take the champ into any lane and build literally any combination of items and it will still be viable.
i remember playing bard when hes on free rotation one day and just loving him. Played the shit out of him. Watched a random lcs game and it happened to be when aphromoo picked him and I was just happy as shit
As someone Who plays Bard with Heart from the Start: i would really credit him for being the first champion with "questionable" abilities (an escape that works for both teams, an AoE zhonyas???) And kind of started the line. Right after we got kindred with a similar "both teams use it" ult with a similar "fuck-up" risk, and if I remember correctly the next released support was tahm kench who is also trolly as heck (eat allies,multiplayer TF ult etc)
That being said, I think Bard was always really good, especially when frostfang existed and had the quest on it that was kind of a phage but better concept. It allowed bard to move really fast in teamfights and position himself for Qs, while also survive and it had him do damage to 1v1 adcs, even with the full tank full cdr build I always rocked
i love my bardy, one of my absolute favorite champs to play in the entire game.
4:33 We all know he is still a really troll champion and will always be that way. Not that's not effective but really troll both for the opponent, allies and even himself.
AlexElCapo or as others call him "Faker killer" was using the deadman's plate and rapidfire cannon in bard since a lot earlier than 2020
Didn't know that AlexElCapo jugaba lol xd
cool
15:15 "become the very first player to also win a game on bard" AHAHAH WHAT
Bard mains: Love him or hate him, he's spitting straight facts.
"No Champion will stay terrible forever"
As an Udyr main I agree, cuz Udyr isn't a Champion rn
So frikin true.
With every new champion released Udyr gets even more behind.
I remember in older seasons when he at least had a good movement speed with dead's man plate and bear stance, but now champs like Lillia fucking outrun him with their stupid passives.
Ritos logic : we finally release champs with no dashes, so we give them unlimited movement speed
I’m very low elo (gold 2) and I don’t see udry as weak, so I want to ask an udyr main why is your champion so weak. For example I’ve had so many udyrs in my game legit run around point and click stun someone auto them to death while being the tankiest player in the game. I played against udyr mid, I didn’t die to him, he was 0/3/1, and he builds full mr and genuinely couldn’t die, he tanked 5 people’s damage and could run around smiling. I’m sure what you’re saying is right and maybe my experiences with the champ are only with good udyrs but still, compared to something like twitch jungle udry doesn’t seem bad at all in my eyes.
@@Elijahgoods It only happens in low elo
In high elo it is near impossible to get a kill with him because everybody takes a champ with more mobility or hard cc.
Also Udyr is pretty useless in teamfights
@@emc8476 as an Yi main i can relate so fucking much, every champion, even when on highlander, out runs me nowadays
@@Angkarpadevat Jhin with boots, ie and rfc goes brrrrr
the research and effort put into these videos are astounding and i absolutelty love them
along with the fact that all these are done by 1 person makes these videos so much cooler to watch
I enjoyed the video as always, your videos are so well produced and tell stories that I've lived through in a different way than I experienced, it's like I get a new perspective of what happened (but I've been silver all my life so I don't really know what's going on lol)
Thank you so much
"Yuumi have a big learning curve" Nice one.
The first time one of my friends tried bard, we spent the entire game yelling “Tunnel Meta!” And just seeing what we could do with the tunnel... fun times
Lol I was right on time to get slapped by that meeps damage nerf. After a few months of playing him consecutively, his meep's damage dropped. But he still stings a lot. I build statik shiv and luden's on him. But the damage drop from meeps is pretty damn noticeable and annoying.
Bard is strong in competitive play right now but I would not attribute this solely to his countless buffs. In no small part his prevalence in pro play is also due to the common adc picks. He pairs well with every meta adc, Caitlyn, Ashe and Senna all are decent lanes and you can play Bard with Ezreal or Kalista, too. The latter two lanes arent the best but they are okay and have been picked plenty of times in pro play with decent success.
The previous meta with Kaisa, Xayah botlanes made Bard super hard to play, both champs can easily evade Bards crowd control and do not like to have a Bard as their support either.
I'm looking forward to Worlds with Bard as a good support pick because even though I'm not a Bard main I always had a soft spot for the guy. His kit is just so unique and so much fun that I want to see more of him.
Plus playstyle has changed as well, ppl roam a lot more now, and support players are way better even in soloq.
Quick story time!
I started playing LoL when quarantine started in Italy, and fell in love with a lot of characters. It's what I liked the most about the game, I liked playing characters that I found funny, and made me laugh. I started with Blitzcrank, since I like robots, and his personality made me cackle! I then went for Nunu and Willump, Braum, Shaco.. The list went on! It wasn't until March when I finally discovered Bard. I was confused, for a second I thought that they just added them as a secret and I just stumbled upon it or something, but my friends relieved me, by saying that "Bard is just a bad champion, nobody really uses them, which is why you haven't seen them yet!"
I immediately fell in love. Their design, their moveset, their wacky and upbeat personality, it was all perfect for me, and I felt special for playing such an underrated character! It came to the point where my ADCs usually got very surprised and sent me friend requests (even my enemies, sometimes!), because I, according to them, was the first player that "knew how to use Bard"
I got better and better at Bard, up to the point where I was able to carry botlane by myself (mind you, I am still absolutely not even close to being a good *LoL* player, just good at Bard)!
Cut to a month ago, when Bard started gaining extreme popularity:
People were using them, making memes of them, posting clips of their plays and.. It warmed my heart. Bard has become something special to me, more than just an "underrated" hard support. Bard is an experience, and probably the most fun champion in the game. If you want to enjoy League, as a support player, please, give my magical friend a chance, I promise that Bard will NEVER let you down.
End of storytime!
I’m bard mono since the release, and i love this champion, even when Bard was considered weak I loved to play with him. I’m actually Top2 Mastery on Brazilian Server, I Have 3million mastery points
what's your nick?
nickname taken Jean JOKERS
Carai mlk, psicopata
@@JeanSamyr So your nickname is, jean jokers?
Ginbrv yes
I've always loved Bard so much, he's my favorite support champion and definitely in my top 5.
BARDUS MAXIMUS
just wanted to say that
:D
And that is okay 🤣
bardus dickus
No joke it would make for an interesting skin tho
Dude, the professionalism of that intro card and successive intro segue was enough to make me subscribe immediately. Well done!
Thanks for staying on the grind Exil, you're one of the only quality content creators in League.
Appreciate the kind words man thanks
21:51, I've never seen a Galio with that many swords.
With his recent decline in competitive LOL, can't wait for "The Champion Made With 200 Years - The History Of Mr. 200 Years Himself in League of Legends"
Your videos are so underrated. Surprised they don’t have millions, your editing, voiceover, research etc are really top tier.
THEY DID MY BOY SO GOOD😭
Pipo
Love your videos, every time I see one I watch it and they’re always really enjoyable and informative! Have you ever thought about doing a similar video for Vi and her lack of consistent play in Competitive environments as well as her outdated kits and seemingly being “replaced” by Sett?
The story of Bard really did reach another peak when he got picked by Beryl in the single most important game of Season 12.
And ended up winning it.
Getting to see all the old footage of Bard again really took me back. What a journey it has been, and what a journey it will continue to be.
Algorithm blessed Poly, he won 60k subs in less than a month
he deserves it
He uses tags and decent SEO; so, I'm sure it's part blessing, part preparation. And, the humor doesn't hurt :D
Here in Brazil, one proplayer got so much attention playing Bard during CBLOL that the teams starting banning Bard just against him. His name is Redbert, and yesterday during the finals, when Bard was banned once again for him to not pick it, the casters started joking "no Bard for RedBard". There was also a lot of M7 Bards popping up in SoloQ since his ressurgence lol
Back then: "Even their parents don't like Bard mains"
Now: *Bard mains are my guardian angel*
Inb4 'I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE'
No you're thinking of Zilean, Bard's ult is your Zhonya's Hourglass
You mean Bardian Angel?
YOOO 22:30 THATS ME :D nice video haha
man your documentarys are awesome thank you for making them
thank you so much!
I finally realized who you remind me of. Between the smooth voice work and the music in the background, you could be a dead ringer for the old Gametrailers Retrospectives guy. I really like the well researched style that you've got going on.
Finally some quality content
thank you so much!
I have been waiting for this moment.
A video about Brad :D
As a main support i've played him all the time .... One of the most fun to play champ. I am not playinf LoL for a few yrs now.
Bruh I love bard so much and I don’t even know why, help me
honestly one of my favorite chaps in all of league and this video definitely made me love him even more and makes me wanna go back to playing him, thank you for the wave of nostalgia that was this video. much love!
6:35 hmmm what a weird shape
Exil- "Bard is the most troll champ, try me"
River Shen- "So I'm a joke to you..."
Vid starts at 0:50 no need to thank me
Your League of Legends documentaries are definitely something else! Best part of my week is seeing you uploading a new video
Thanks so much!
i get jealous when anyone other than me plays bardo >:(
I usually counterpick anf stomp them because i wanted to play bardo squidwardo not a random soloqueue dipshit
@@Leonardo-fv4vu I agree with both of you, although sometimes I didn't even know I wanted to play as Bard until enemy picks him
@@Emmentalcheese trueeeeeeeeee
This comment and replies are so relateable:D
Lol.. i was number 3 world bard once. And this comment is so relatable
Bar was my first main I got when I started playing this game. He was still new then, and you'd get people dodging the queue when you locked him in.
Just looking at him and listening to the sound effects was a big reason of why I wanted to keep playing this very frustrating game that my friends were forcing upon me. He was just pleasant. There might be spam pings following me up the river as I left my twitch alone with a blitzcrank and a draven, but those meeps whispering in my ear made it all better
Please make video about Qiyana. I think her history od preety sad - she is forgotten one year after release...
I remember when bard came out. I changed my account name to BardBardGod that day and have mained him every since.
Watching a live Kellen video feels different in a good way
hope you enjoyed
@@Exil22 yea it was awesome as all ur videos are
@@Exil22 i'd love a documentry on Morg ngl
So.. you and Morgana are dating?
@@steveweast475 she dark binded me on a date with her it still hasnt worn of
Im making a marathon out of your vids. Out of all creators ive watched yours have the most information from recent to ancient. I start playing since season 6 and everything earlier than that is what i like to watched. More powerspike to you and ur channel 🔥
Can exil make a video on KDA? It would be a fun topic :D
maybe yeah KDA is interesting
at 10:50 , it looks like a nebula in the shape of Alistar's head, maybe giving a little easter egg about Bard's development
this video needs an update
Picked up the Champ half a year after release and I love it. I never stopped playing him no matter how good or bad he was. Playing him is just so much fun.
Didn't even know he was bad when he got released. Though I remember getting a ton of flame in my first 20 games of Bard especially when you hit a bad ultimate. Once I got better I found out that some LOL-Players actually type positive stuff when u pull off a play.
Nice video!
You know a channel is top when it's hard to find bad videos
thank you so much
Samira with her coin mechanic being like :
Woopidi wapidi this is now my story
As we say in lan and las: "tilin tilin"
I came to rewatch this. I don't play league anymore, but the urge to play Bard again makes me wanna come back :))
Riots approach to balance and the frequency of updates is why I stopped playing. Still watch your videos tho love them
glad to know you can still enjoy the videos!!
yeah bruh they just nerf the problem through association, and then create an even bigger one by buffing something way too much.
i remember when aurelion sol was announced with the cancellation of ao shin then boom bard is announced from out of the blue. i started maining bard on a whim around 2018, relatively easily climbed from bronze to silver 2 by playing only him, and because i didn't feel like tryharding to get into gold and don't follow high elo/pro play, didn't realize he was actually getting popular until he was seemingly randomly nerfed with 10.5. if you go to lolcounter, the top tip (presumably a very old one) is "Don't ban bard so the enemy team can pick him and you can collect your free win"
"Most troll"?
I'd say even Trundle is mkre troll than bard!
Bard will always remain my favorite champion. I had quit league for nearly 4 months but then Bard's release got me back into league. Racked up mastery level 5 ASAP and is still my most played champion. I don't have any friends who enjoy playing him, but I can never get enough of him. Even when you're behind, you feel like only 1 big ult, 1 big journey, or 1 big pick can change the tides.
Pls make a video on Swain i miss the old swain and he just feels so irrelevant 😔
I will make a video on swain at some point!
Same bro, Swain main since season 5 and I definitely miss the old man.
Bird up
@@tonydanatop4912 Aye Bird Up!
I remember people typing almost every game - ''bard build?'', as they finally noticed me building rfc with deadman's plate on bard. The plate was essential - for roaming, beef and some extra dmg, while the rfc allowed bard to poke in late without exposing himself and being caught. I was pretty proud of the unconventional build I came up with to suit my playstyle back then. Hunting for adcs in the jungle was really satisfying, especially since bard could beat a 6-slot quite easily with a good chime collection. Feels good to have this build recognized as superior, even if that's not what it was at the time. I just had most fun with it. Also I love his character. That detached carefree attitude and helping here and there are so me.
9:10 good old time, when lol champs actually had decent development
I have returned to the game after a year, I have been looking for Bard things for weeks, the truth is that this video has filled me with memories. I remember when the champion came out, I remember the hatred I had for him when I saw him in game for trolls at that time. But after buying him and playing my first game, I fell in love with Bard, he really is my favorite champion and I currently have 830k Mastery. this video has brought back many fond memories of my start with Bard. and next season i hope rise to Diamond with Bard
Love it! As always liked b4 seeing it
thanks so much
Your vidéos are something else. I rarely leave comments on videos but damn, I don’t even play league anymore but your videos are the only ones I approach as movies. Snacks, headset, enjoy.
Take all the time you need to create these masterpieces my friend. Props to you !
Thanks so much