Bard in TFT Set 17Bard has appeared in 7 sets — compare cost, traits and ability across all of them.

Stats

Bard’s health and attack damage at each star level
StarHealthDamage
1 star90030
2 star162045
3 star291668
Armor
40
Magic resist
40
Attack speed
0.85
Range
4
Mana
65
Starting mana
0
Crit chance
25%

Armor, magic resist, mana and attack speed are the same at every star level.

Set 17 · Space Gods

Bard

5 gold cost

Ability

Ultra Friendly Object

1 star
Summon a flying saucer over the current target that lasts 54 seconds. Each second it deals 240 magic damage to the target, plus 135 magic damage split between all enemies within 1 hex. The saucer deals 30% increased damage to Tanks. If an enemy under the UFO dies, Bard has a 15% chance to abduct them and create a 1-star copy on your bench. Meep bonus: On combat start, grant the nearest ? Meeple allies an additional Meep. Friends abducted: ?
2 star
Summon a flying saucer over the current target that lasts 54 seconds. Each second it deals 360 magic damage to the target, plus 205 magic damage split between all enemies within 1 hex. The saucer deals 30% increased damage to Tanks. If an enemy under the UFO dies, Bard has a 20% chance to abduct them and create a 1-star copy on your bench. Meep bonus: On combat start, grant the nearest ? Meeple allies an additional Meep. Friends abducted: ?
3 star
Summon a flying saucer over the current target that lasts 54 seconds. Each second it deals 3000 magic damage to the target, plus 1500 magic damage split between all enemies within 1 hex. The saucer deals 30% increased damage to Tanks. If an enemy under the UFO dies, Bard has a 100% chance to abduct them and create a 1-star copy on your bench. Meep bonus: On combat start, grant the nearest ? Meeple allies an additional Meep. Friends abducted: ?

Balance history

2 patches changed Bard, read out of Riot’s game files.

  1. Patch 26.12Jun 2026
    • Damage per second220 / 330 / 3000240 / 360 / 30001★ / 2★ / 3★
  2. Patch 26.10May 2026
    • Ultra Friendly Object rewritten
      Before
      Summon a flying saucer over the current target that lasts 4 seconds. Each second it deals 330 magic damage to the target, plus 205 magic damage split between all enemies within 1 hex. The saucer deals 30% increased damage to Tanks. If an enemy under the UFO dies, Bard has a 20% chance to abduct them and create a 1-star copy on your bench. Meep bonus: On combat start, grant the nearest ? Meeple allies an additional Meep. Friends abducted: ?
      After
      Summon a flying saucer over the current target that lasts 54 seconds. Each second it deals 330 magic damage to the target, plus 205 magic damage split between all enemies within 1 hex. The saucer deals 30% increased damage to Tanks. If an enemy under the UFO dies, Bard has a 20% chance to abduct them and create a 1-star copy on your bench. Meep bonus: On combat start, grant the nearest ? Meeple allies an additional Meep. Friends abducted: ?

Other 5-cost champions in Set 17

Other Meeple champions

Other Conduit champions

Bard in other sets

Same character, different set — cost, traits and art all change.