Taric

[quote=Slappiz]I haven't seen Taric in game for months, did they nerf him or something? In s2 Taric was amazing and probably the best offensive support in the game. He was the reason I was able to reach platinum in solo que. Going to pick him up again today but been wondering why no one plays him atm?[/quote]

[quote=Janitsu]They nerfed his early game and his passive was better before because he actually didn't hit too often but got still a decent amount of mana back. Also, there are better choices imo.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Story time since you've been away; In January, Riot decided that [[Taric]] was the best support ever and that it was time that he hand his title of "King Support" down to someone else. He refused. Angered, the Rioters created [[Thresh]] to challenge [[Taric]]'s claim to the throne. [[taric]] threw away his mana generating passive in lieu of an offensive mana=damage passive, and prepared his mighty Gems for battle, this preparation led to higher damage on [[Shatter]]. A hard stalemate was created and neither side backed down. Riot then sent Morello to assassinate [[Taric]]; and he almost succeeded. [[Taric]]'s auras were nerfed, his [[Shatter]] damage decreased and his new damage passive also nerfed. The final nail in the coffin was the stun nerf. Ultimately, [[taric]] was forced to hand off his crown to the new king; [[Thresh]]. He now bides his time in limbo, plotting revenge.[/quote]

[quote=Janitsu][[Teemo]] best support.[/quote]

[quote=Slappiz]Hmm, His defensive stats from W has been nerfed quiet a bit and forces you to build armor if you want to play defensively.. Probably movement speed taric ain't that strong as it used to be since they buffed all movement but I don't see a huge nerf in damage and armor shred from W. People always played him wrong (low elo) imo but I'll test a few games with him together with a decent burst ADC and see what happens.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]armor shred is fine, they knocked his base shatter damage down by like 30 damage if I recall. I still feel that nerf. His armor aura sucks the D now unless it's lategame and you have randuins/frozen heart OH and E is no longer a one point wonder, sadly.[/quote]

[quote=Slappiz]Well Tarics early game was all about the shred anyways, still looks like he got some decent burst from lvl 4-6 in lane. I'll force one of my friends to play Corki or Graves with me and test it. Would be awesome if it works, elo stomping inc :D[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]It would work if [[Sona]], [[Thresh]] and [[Lulu]] didn't all completely outdamage him/cut off his predictable engage nearly every time. :[ They also are safer and have better CC. They really didn't have to nerf [[taric]] because [[thresh]] existed but they did it anyway because they were bored of him being so popular.[/quote]

[quote=Joxuu]Works really fine still, way too much shizle going around that he is uber bad. 1# KDA with [[Taric]] out of all champions and supports. #Swag Really safe pick and does a bit of everything. Lacks some mobility & poke tough so poke champions can cause problems.[/quote]

[quote=Mooninites]Taric's still good. He's probably still one of the strongest supports in lane but he doesn't do that much outside of lane. Other supports just provide more to a team late game. He's still good with [[Tristana]], [[Miss Fortune]], [[Urgot]], [[Corki]], [[Graves]], maybe [[Draven]]. I don't think there's a reason he shouldn't be picked, but there are better supports right now[/quote]