Taric General Guide by speed460

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League of Legends Build Guide Author speed460

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Taric Build

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First Recall

Core

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Ability Sequence

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The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.

Masteries

Ferocity: 0

Cunning: 18

Resolve: 12

Threats to Taric with this build

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Threat		Notes
1	Soraka	Soraka is really op in this season, but easy counterable. Tell your adc to build Executioner's Calling, wait for the jungler and gg easy.
3	Janna	Easy to play against, hard to reach their carry. I suggest to play this matchup with Tristana.
4	Bard	Strong poke, his passive deals high dmg ( especially with Thunderlord's Degree), rush sweeping lens as soon as possible and avoid his poke.
4	Thresh	I love playing against thresh. If he grabs your adc just stun their adc. Play this matchup with a high burst adc ( Lucian is perfect )
5	Braum	You can easy counter his moustache easily till level 6 ( avoid to stun the adc while his E is active ). After 6: if he wants to start a 2v2, you can easily handle this, but if you see the jungler run away from him, you can't flee from his cc.
5	Sona	Same as lulu, but less escape. You'll need good warding and avoid his ulti. Kalista is a perfect adc against her.
5	Leona	Pre 6: if she dashes to your adc just stun theirs. Avoid their jungler. After 6: It depends a lot from the adc you have. Play this matchup with sivir, she's the only one who can easily escape from her.
5	Alistar	Keep distance from your adc, this way he can use his combo only on one champ. Stun their adc after his combo.
5	Blitzcrank	Same as thresh, but his combo can oneshot the adc. Avoid the grab and the lane should be easy.
6	Lulu	Like Bard, she has an annoying poke, good escape and utility, but your stun is stronger. You'll need good counterward and a decent jungler.
7	Nami	High sustain and utility, the only way you can win this lane is to stun her while outpositioned. Play this matchup with draven or lucian.
7	Annie	Cons: Super Annoying poke, buy sweeping lens asap and avoid the tibbers. Pros: Very squishy, exhaust the adc and focus her. Play this matchup with draven/lucian.
7	Brand	A decent warded map and a skillfull use of your hands will help you defeating brand. Use your stun wisely, sometimes he deals more damage than their carry.
8	Tahm Kench	Pay attention to his Q, if you see he starts poking more than once go immediately back, DON'T WASTE YOUR STUN. Play this matchup with tristana or sivir.
8	Zilean	Hard lane. His speed boost and bomb range will do everything to keep you away from them.
9	Zyra	Roots roots roots roots roots. Rush Sweeping lens asap, walk on the seeds to avoid plant spawn.
10	Morgana	Change support. Taric can do nothing but healing against morgana. Play super safe, avoid his snare and wait for the jungler. To face this matchup you'll need Corki, he has to break her spellshield before you can use your stun.

Table of Contents

Summary

Pros / Cons

Skill Sequence

Items

Runes

Masteries

Summary

Pros/Cons
Skill Sequence
Items
Runes
Masteries

Pros / Cons

Pros:
+ VERY VERY VERY VERSATILE ( you can build everything on him, he's still useful :)
+ Heals, Stuns, and Buffs/Debuffs
+ His Passive Allows him to reduce Cd's
+ Truly Truly outrageous

Cons:
- Lack of Escape
- Easy Gankable Botlane
- Taric's kit cannot provide important boosts to his team, let me explain better.
Taric is versatile, but his skills are weak, this means he doesn't heal like soraka, doesn't stun like leona, he doesn't bring utlity as nami/karma ecc.

Skill Sequence

You are obviously asking why this max order...
Well, every taric skill is necessary, Q for heal, W for armor buff, E for stun duration and dmg.
Prioritize E only if you're winning the lane. Q upgrade can be compensated by your max health and Windspeaker's Blessing.

Items

1) Go aegis if their ap carry is dominating or if you find an ap support in lane.
2) I suggest mercury only if you're the gap closer, or their cc are too high.

3) Go thornmail only if strictly necessary, i prefer randuins.

4) Rush glory only if your team is winning.

5) Gauntlet is the perfect substitute to the frozen heart, build it if you want more dmg/gap close.

all the other items are situational.

Runes

Marks, Seals and Quintessences MUST be the same.

Glyphs = rush ap glyphs if you're against a full ad team, they will help you by providing more heal and dmg.

Masteries

I suggest not to change masteries.
If you think you can bully the lane rush Thunderlord's decree, but you need to prioritize the skill order to Q and E.