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Spells:
Flash
Exhaust
Ability Order
Bravado (PASSIVE)
Taric Passive Ability
Introduction
My name is Worra. I play at EU West server, and today I will show you my way of playing my most favorite support Taric. I play him very often and I have experimented alot of builds and gameplay strategies, and I will share only the best ones in this Taric guide.
Hope you enjoy the guide!
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Pros
+ Tanky by nature + Great against bottom ADs because of his passive bonus from ![]() + Has ALOT of burst at level 6 + Can protect his carry very well + Has a bit of sustain from ![]() + Awesome aura for teamfights ![]() |
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Cons
- Can easily get kited by supports such as ![]() ![]() - Cannot give as much as sustain as a ![]() - Fairly long cooldowns on 3 main spells pre-6 - Falls off mid-game if he doesn't get any kills in the laning phase - Needs to be really close to the target for his burst to be effective |
Greater Quintessence of Gold: You are a support therefore you should not be getting any farm, so this is your primary source of gold besides assists
Greater Mark of Armor: As marks are damage-wise, and you are not supposed to be a high damage dealer, it's the best you get a bit of this extra armor. Although these runes don't give much armor, you still could get
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration for more damage and burst if you feel going really aggressive.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Since you already have armor, you need a source of blocking some of the magic damage.
Greater Seal of Armor: Taric is a tanky support, and armor seals are the best for bottom lane as you will mostly be taking physical damage
I use 21 defense with Taric because he should be played as a tanky support. People usually use 21 in utility for extra gold income, but that should only be used with passive supports such as


8 in utility because you don't need offense in any way as you're a support. Utility will give you a nice flash cooldown reduction for setting up kills more often.




I also get 1 point in



OR










Aggressive lane (RECOMMENDED!):
This is the usual leveling up orded that should be used. Leveling up





Passive lane:
While being in a passive lane, you should level up



In the laning phase you should look for as much kills and aggression you could possibly get. For that to happen, you need to have suitable laning AD carry partners.
He is one of the best laning partners you can get. His
Mystic Shot and
Essence Flux work extremely well with your
Dazzle before level 6 and is a great zoning combo. At level 6 when you catch someone off-guard, it will be extremely easy to burst that target down. The best combo you can possibly imagine :
Dazzle >
Radiance >
Shatter >
Trueshot Barrage >
Essence Flux >
Mystic Shot >
Arcane Shift (in case they try to run)
Graves +
Taric is a devastating combo for botlane. Taric's
Dazzle fits perfectly with Graves - he can follow up very quickly with his
Quickdraw to get into range for his
Buckshot and
Collateral Damage, while getting an AD buff for those 2 spells with
Radiance and the armor reduction from
Shatter. Overall an extremely good partner that synergises well wih Taric. Combo:
Dazzle >
Radiance >
Shatter >
Buckshot >
Collateral Damage > smokescreen (for some extra damage or blinding their support so they can't heal/shield their carry or stun/disable your carry)
Corki brings alot of burst which fits Taric well. His
Phosphorus Bomb can be easily hit with
Dazzle, aswell as his
Missile Barrage at level 6. This combo brings alot of armor reduction aswell, considering that Taric already has his
Shatter, while Corki brings
Gatling Gun to the table aswell. This is a great combo that brings alot of fast burst and can easily shred armor on high armor targets. Combo :
Dazzle >
Radiance >
Shatter >
Phosphorus Bomb >
Gatling Gun >
Missile Barrage >
Valkyrie (in case they flash or run))
This is an awesome combo which can pop-go targets that are out of position EXTREMELY fast. If you hit
Dazzle with a target that is out of position (by out of position I mean either too close to you or next to a wall),
Vayne's
Condemn can be hit easily, where the same target dies instantly due to
Radiance which increases her
Tumble (and
Condemn damage if used before she uses it) damage and due to her natural damage from
Silver Bolts which ignores all armor targets and easily bursts down high health ones. Combo:
Dazzle >
Radiance >
Shatter >
Condemn >
Tumble &
Silver Bolts
Ashe brings another stun with her, therefore this is a dream for any jungler to gank. This lane combo is extremely poky due to her
Volley which is pretty easy to hit with
Dazzle. Most of Ashe-Taric lanes play passively and simply poke until they drop you to low HP, then they combo you with
Dazzle +
Enchanted Crystal Arrow. This combo works really well with someone with global presence that can gank your lane and kill it very easily like
Nocturne,
Twisted Fate,
Shen or someone who can lane gank easily such as
Alistar,
Jarvan IV,
Malphite,
Maokai etc. Combo :
Dazzle >
Radiance >
Shatter >
Enchanted Crystal Arrow >
Volley > continous slow with
Frost Shot
Like Taric-Ashe, this lane is very poke based especially pre level 6.
Piercing Arrow is Varus' main damage spell, which is hard to hit, but with this combo it's extremely easy due to the fact that Taric can stop targets with his
Dazzle. This is also an awesome combo for your junglers (explained in the
Ashe section in this chapter above this one) as Varus has a multi-target root with his
Chain of Corruption. Although, even without your junglers, this combo is quite dangerous for your enemies itself. This is also a combo that brings ALOT of magic damage as Varus' spells deal magic damage. Combo :
Dazzle >
Radiance >
Shatter >
Piercing Arrow > 3 AAs for
Blighted Quiver >
Chain of Corruption >
Hail of Arrows. NOTE that in this particular combo
Hail of Arrows can be casted earlier if the enemy team support is a healer or the target you're trying to burst has
Heal, as it brings 50% healing reduction.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In this guide I won't be covering less played ADs such as
Miss Fortune,
Draven,
Kog'Maw,
Twitch,
Caitlyn &
Tristana. The reason to that is not that they are bad with Taric, it's the fact that most of the people request tips for the above carries. Also, if there will be any requests to cover these stated underplayed carries, I will be covering those aswell.
He is one of the best laning partners you can get. His























Corki brings alot of burst which fits Taric well. His












This is an awesome combo which can pop-go targets that are out of position EXTREMELY fast. If you hit













Ashe brings another stun with her, therefore this is a dream for any jungler to gank. This lane combo is extremely poky due to her

















Like Taric-Ashe, this lane is very poke based especially pre level 6.













IMPORTANT NOTE: In this guide I won't be covering less played ADs such as






Starting items:





Core items:
philosopher's stone >

Philo stone is what you should aim for early game. It gives you everything you need early - a bit of mana regeneration, health regeneration and ofcourse gold per 10 seconds, as you won't be getting any farm/minions in the laning phase so you need every extra gold you can get. Also this is a part of





This gives you a decent amount of health and gold per 10 seconds which is exactly what you need. Later on it could be built into 2 different items. You should build







Aegis of the Legion is great to increase your tankyness aswell to give resist to your team and make them tankier. However, this costs alot of gold and again depends up to you how early you build it.




Ninja tabi is the most regular thing built, especially as you'll be taking mostly physical damage in the laning phase. Consider Mercury's treads if you are getting stunned/slowed/snared alot. Ionian Boots of Lucidity if you're feeling safe and just want the extra CDR to poke more/burst them down more often. Build Boots of Mobility if you have an early

zeke's herald
This item is great if you have a sufficient number of autoattackers in your team. Again, it depends only on you how early you build it - build it earlier sometimes if you see that your team has alot of fed autoattackers. This is also useful when you have someone like





Frozen Heart is awesome late game. It gives you a bit of extra mana to increase Taric's fairly low mana pool and ALOT of armor which is useful late game as you take most of the damage from their AD carry. Passive attack speed reduction is also great against the enemy's AD carry. I don't see how rushing this item really early is useful, as it brings nothing early game because there are much much much better item choices early game.
Situational items:

Extra magic resist and magic resist reduction you say, eh? Great! Build this if your team doesn't have one, or build it if the enemy team has double AP compostion/your team has double AP composition.

You should build this if your team doesn't have enough







This item is extremely useful if you lack (magic) damage and/or if the enemy team has high health target. Active ability of this deals %HP so it is recommended to perhaps try and cast this item on the champion with the highest HP bar in the enemy team.
Always try to ward as much as you can. You won't always have gold to buy as much as wards to cove the whole map, so try to cover the most important objectives and spots (baron/dragon primarily, then everything else) and ofcourse also ASK YOUR TEAM TO HELP YOU!
I have made a simple album with pictures on warding.
I also made a whole map view so you can see it from the whole map perspective :

Red represents wards that both teams should have
Blue represents blue team's wards
Purple represents purple team's wards
I have made a simple album with pictures on warding.
I also made a whole map view so you can see it from the whole map perspective :

Red represents wards that both teams should have
Blue represents blue team's wards
Purple represents purple team's wards
I hope you have enjoyed my Taric guide. Please leave any constructive feedback and comments when voting!
Shoutouts to:
jhoijhoi for her awesome "Making a guide" guide!
P denz for tips and help on the guide!
Thank you for reading and see you on the Field of Justice!
Shoutouts to:
jhoijhoi for her awesome "Making a guide" guide!
P denz for tips and help on the guide!
Thank you for reading and see you on the Field of Justice!
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