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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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Hello, Thank you for guide
I have 2 questions for you regarding Taric

1) I have recently tried this Champ on free pick and after 2 games I immediately bought him for my support pool. I see his very good potential in disengage, but to be honest I bought him only for certain situations that I feel like I need Taric. The issue I face, I am not quite sure in what exactly enemy comp he would fit WELL against.
What exactly the enemy comp/draft should be ? Like he would be good if enemy has 3 or more tanks ? Or enemy has 3 or more carries with engager ? I can't understand agsinst what enemy comp I should use him.

2) Don't you find Stoneborn Pact good for Taric ? As far as I get everytime you stun enemy you and your ally get the effect of it, and if you get the effect your adc get Ardent Censer proc ?

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Hey, glad you enjoyed the guide. :)

1) The team comps that Taric has trouble with are ones with lots of mobility and poke. For instance, if you see a team of Lulu, Caitlyn, Xerath, Nidalee, and Jayce, you should pick someone else because you'll get kited the whole game.

Besides that, Taric works well pretty much anywhere. He excels versus burst comps because of his ultimate, and he also fits versus tanky teams because makes him thrive in long fights.

2) Windspeaker's is better overall. Stoneborn's healing isn't very reliable since you have to wait on your stun's cooldown for it to be effective. Windspeaker's, however, is always active, so you'll get a lot more usage out of it.

Regarding Ardent Censer, you can proc it almost anytime with Q or W, so you don't need to rely on Stoneborn to apply it for you.

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Thank you, I will revise my masteries, as I am still having doubts in tankiness vs better shield+heal.

I got another question on match up:

"For Leona, hard engages are a way of life, but unfortunately for her, you're equipped to counter them. If she dashes towards your ADC with Zenith Blade, pair up with Bastion then walk up to the enemy ADC, firing Dazzles on the both of them."
This is kinda stupid question, that I don't think can be answered without specifics.
Bus If I can't Dazzle on both of them should I dazzle adc or Leona ? I think I won't dazzle Ez, Cait, Luc or any mobility champs, as they simply dodge it and go into your adc. But if it is not mobility champs (or they wasted their mobility cast) do I go into adc ? From my experience Leona deals a good damage, but according to retaliation trade I should always go into adc.

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Right, you should still go for the ADC. Chances are one of two things happens: The first, Leona dashes in, and the ADC uses their mobility to follow up, in which case you get an opening to stun them.

On the other hand, if the ADC doesn't use their mobility, you should get in their face and start hitting them with Q/W-empowered autos. That way, if they dash in attempt get away from you, you get your opening to stun. If they don't use anything, you'll still have gotten some decent damage off.

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Won't adc kite you if you go into his face without E ? And if you won't be able to reach him you will only lose chunk of HP. What Leona will do is probably go into your adc with E-(AA)-Q and then go back, by the time she reaches you Q will be ready and she will stun you thus giving her adc to deal more damage to you.

I know for you it may seem kinda basic questions on trades, but in my elo (silver) ranked and normal are very different, so facing Leona in normals won't give me a good experience vs ranked Leona.

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Oops, I should've clarified. What I talked about is for when you're getting all-inned — in which case your enemies will be in melee range of you, not kiting back, and you can retaliate easily.

In short trades, there's no need to try getting in the ADC's face. Just cast Q and W when Leona engages, hit back a few times, then let her back off. Still save your stun for if the enemy ADC is vulnerable, though; you won't accomplish much by hitting Leona with it.