Recent buffs to one LoL champ have support players going on a magical journey to higher ranks

One League of Legends champion’s never-ending journey to assist his allies and find his friends just got much easier in the game’s most recent patch.

Thanks to a handful of adjustments that more clearly fall into the category of “net buffs,” Bard, the Wandering Caretaker, has gone from one of League’s most niche champions to one of the best options in the support role. Though his playstyle remains unorthodox compared to nearly every other champion in the game, the several touch-ups that Riot Games pushed to Bard in Patch 13.18 have brought him to a nearly 52-percent win rate in high Elo—the highest it has been in a number of patches, according to OP.GG and U.GG.