AD champions in League of Legends need a little lovin' during the lane phase, and for an AD champ to get fed in lane, that character will need to be babysat. I feel that if any Support is going to go bot lane and ruin an opponent's day, it has to be Taric. His kit is ideal for lane dominance and lane presence by not only dictating when battles start and end, but also having the ability to sustain damage in lane with what could be called the best heal in the game. Here are a few reasons why Taric is truly, truly one of the best Support champion on Summoner's Rift:

Taric can be successful with 0 Creep Score

Taric's base stats and his Imbue allow him to stay in lane for a serious amount of time. As a support, your job is to make sure that your AD champ is: alive, kicking, and getting kills. With Taric, you don't have to be on the front line 24/7 during your stay in bottom lane, you can sit back and keep your AD buddy at full HP. Though an important fact to know: Taric should be acquiring Heart of Gold and Philosopher's Stone to collect 10G every 10 seconds and giving your AD partner all the CS they can collect. Your job as Support is not to take any minions, you should be receiving your gold through assists and GP10 items.

Taric has the Best Healing in the Game

Taric's Q key ability, Imbue not only grants a decent amount of healing to your specified ally, but also gives back 100% of the heal to Taric. Meaning you don't need to divide the healing powers to you and your allies when you can heal both people at the same time, a feat that can be done only by Taric and Sona. Also, Taric can reduce the cool-down of Imbue by one second by attacking minions, and three seconds by attacking champions, allowing aggressive Taric's to heal more often in lane and team fights. Imbue's cool-down reducer coincides with Taric's passive Gemcraft, which gives back 7.5% Max Mana back to Taric whenever he attacks an opponent. This allows Taric to not only refresh his Mana pool quicker when attacking minions, but allows almost free casts of Imbue in lane. Taric players could use this combo to help their partner get faster CS by attacking higher HP minions to lower them to allow the AD carry to last hit, giving Taric a refreshed Mana pool, both characters in bot lane high on HP, and the AD carry supplied with gold from minions.

Taric can Dazzle Opponents

And by Dazzle, I mean Dazzle. Taric's E key ability has a flat 1.5 second stun that can devastate opponents that lack an escape mechanism, specifically AD champions like Varus, Kog'Maw, and Miss Fortune. At level 1, this amount of time combined with proper communication with your partner can almost guarantee First Blood down in bottom lane, or if your team is invading the opponent's Jungler at Blue Buff. Taric can also do a decent bit of damage with his Dazzle, doing up to 320 base damage on the stun at the ability's 5th level, allowing some help to your team on damage against the squishier AP Burst/AD Carry opponents. But up all end all, Taric's Dazzle provides one ability that I consider the most valuable of all: the ability to Focus. Dazzle's 1.5 second stun gives your team the time to focus one character at a time, allowing a 5v4 advantage in team fights, or giving the time to gank an opponent that is over-pushing and punishable. Focusing is a solid tactic for teams that veer more towards the damage side and not the tanky side, where punishing players out of position or defeating players one opponent at a time is the main tactic. Taric, as well as other champions like Blitzcrank, Nautilus, and Sion are vital in a Focus-heavy team.

Taric is an under-appreciated Pusher

Though Taric is classified mainly as a Support champion, Taric combined with his Ultimate, Radiance, can knock towers down relatively fast. Radiance gives Taric a AD and AP boost for 7 seconds, as well as giving half of the bonus to allies, which can turn the tide of a team fight, as well as knock down towers faster. At Radiance's 3rd level, Taric receives a 70AD/AP Boost, with allies getting 35AD/AP boost as well, making bottom lanes of:

Taric & Sivir ( Radiance with Sivir's On The Hunt)

Taric & Tristana ( Radiance with Tristana's Rapid Fire)

and Taric & Graves ( Radiance with Grave's Quickdraw)

dangerous combinations to work with. With Radiance providing buffs to Taric and company, Radiance also does a flat damage AOE effect to any one near him. This base damage can be ramped up with Taric's W key ability Shatter, which not only does flat damage, but reduces the opponent's armor, allow you to do a 1-2 combo with Shatter and Radiance following the initiation of Dazzle, and giving your AD partner and AD Boost, and their enemies with reduced armor, making sure that most enemies do not leave the lane alive after this devastating combo.

This truly outrageous character is chalk full of combos and surprises for the enemy team that bottom lane will have their hands full with Taric in their lane. Taric is bound to Dazzle opposing teams and making them think twice about undermining the Gem Knight.