How should we build Bard?

[quote=Electro522]So, I just played a game with Bard, and instead of building AP on him, I went for cooldown reduction, tank, and speed. Now, obviously, Bard is no tank, by any means. But I found that getting somewhat into the middle of the fight, and making it VERY hard for people to kill you, you're far more effective then just sitting in the back line poking with your passive. Of course, you want a little AP so your shrines actually do something, but other then that, it seems that he benefits more from building similar to Thresh then similar to say....Soraka. Make use of his utility as best as you can, using his passive for the slow, throwing out Q's and E's as quickly as possible, and using the speed boost on his W whenever needed. He's meant to get his team moving around the map, and to lock down the other team when he gets there. Does this all sound about right?[/quote]

[quote=MungoGeri]I've been seeing builds all over the map. Some people swear by [[frozen heart]] and [[locket of the iron solari]] for their tankiness (and CDR). I, of course, opted to focus more on burst damage. I do think at some point that you want to at least build a [[lich bane]] because it provides such a big power spike, but I can understand wanting to build him a bit tankier than I did.[/quote]

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[quote=UnstoppableBacon]I tried Fang and it just doesn't suit him. I like to run him as a tank but honestly there is merit to Lich Bane. Only 1 of his abilities needs AP to boost it so I focus more on Locket first. Then if I am having issues staying alive I'll build Frozen or if I want speed and burst I'll grab Lich.[/quote]