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[S13] Surf's Up! | Master Taric Support Guide

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This champ is so fun ahah. This builds are also great. Like the runes. Good Job!

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Amazing guide honestly. time for me to slink back into the shadows now :x

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Much appreciated!! Glad you've enjoyed it.

Nice guide!

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Thank you!

Great guide! Thanks for all the detailed explanations, this champion is really hard to use effectively but very rewarding when you do.

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Thank you! He is. Carrying a game as Taric is one of the best feelings!

Yoooo dope!

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Thank you!!

i love you taric

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I love Taric and this guide is really useful , thank you for share :D

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Thanks for reading, and I'm glad you found it helpful! :)

Taric is super underrated. He's easy to use and can save your carries. Nice guide as well- very helpful.

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I agree, and thank you!

Your guide helped me so much, I'm extremely grateful, if it wasn't for you, I don't think I would be able to even play this game, in 70% of my matches, I get nice compliments, thank you again!

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Comments like this are the best to read! My pleasure. It's great to hear that my guide has been able to help you in that way!

Amazing Guide!

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Just tried playing taric today and really enjoyed it. S12 taric is going to be super op with the new ToG tank item looking foward to it

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Agreed! I'm really looking forward to using the new items. They'll feel so good on Taric.

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Question, whenever I play Taric I have massive mana issues due to the mana cost on his Q, and having mana regen is just too slow. Because of this I've tried getting Righteous Glory and Iceborn Gauntlet/Frozen Heart, but I've actually had the best results with going Tear of the Goddess into Archangel's staff. I find it give the mana needed to stay in combat and the AP makes him heal for like 300-450 every 2 seconds.

My question is, how do you handle not buying mana items?

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I leave Q at 3 points and max it second so that I can get a medium-power heal for only 90 mana. Even though it's not maxed, it's still very strong given how spammable it is.

If you max Q first, you're better off playing and building like a pure enchanter. Since the spell will be expensive, you can't spam it as easily as you can with less points into it because not only will it run you dry but you won't be making full use of it that way. Cast it at 4-5 charges whenever possible, space your casts out by a few seconds, and only use it when your allies are hurt for more than 200 health.

If you preserve mana with the tips I gave above, you shouldn't need items with raw mana. Regardless, it's better to get supportive items so you can help out your team more. (I've never tried on Taric, but it sounds like it would work well in an enchanter build.)

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I think it works very well, the only problem is his kit forces you to be on the front line which I find requires you to be a full tank, not just a half-***ed support tank. So items like Redemption arent viable because of the low stats. Locket hurts but is necessary because of the insane delay on his ult. So trying to balance health, mana, armor, mr, cdr while still getting vision and 'support' items, can be challenging.

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Taric is actually very flexible. Unlike most traditional tanks, he can do work at the frontline without actually being there, allowing him to stick close to the backline and be ready to peel when needed. His abilities are split down the middle as well: Q max makes him more of a healer, while E max makes him more of a disruptor. The key isn't to balance all of Taric's strengths every game (he has too many!), but instead to fill one purpose and do it well.

Once you have eye of the equinox, you'll have most of your essential stats as well as vision taken care of, so you can branch out depending on what your team needs. If your team doesn't have a tank and/or is up against burst damage, it's best to build defensive items since the Locket+Ult combo becomes especially important. However, if neither is the case, being a healer becomes a safe and effective option. Enemies with sustained damage will find it increasingly hard to kill your team the stronger your healing gets. It's not so much different from Soraka's case. Even though this makes you squishier, the amount you'll be healing yourself will make you deceptively tanky, enough so to get in an aggressor's face and activate as you usually would.

Concerning , I agree that it's not worth being bought just for stats, which is why it can be omitted from a full tank build. Combined with , though, its heal skyrockets. There's a lot to gain from it in the long-term of fights: the heal is permanent compared to the decaying shield of Locket, and the wait time on its active will be irrelevant since buying it in the first place means you aren't worrying about being bursted.

In essence, Taric can swing lots of different ways, and you're free to maximize on what your team needs most.

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Interesting. Typically when I lock in Taric I'm the only tank. But in the rare case when I'm not going Locket + Censer and being a healer/peeler instead seems like a definite possibility. I've always turned away from this route simply because of how squishy it makes me (locket, redemption and censor don't exactly scream tankiness). Next time I see my team going more tank I'll definitely give this a try.

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