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Recommended Items
Runes:
+10% Attack Speed
+6 Armor
+6 Armor
Spells:
Flash
Heal
Items
Ability Order Skill order
Bravado (PASSIVE)
Taric Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Caitlyn
Range, poke and disengage are Tarics biggest enemies. Caitlyn has all of that. You will have trouble hitting your E. Try to catch the enemy support if it's a squishy or let the enemy support engage on you if it's a melee supporter. If Caitlyn also has a poke supporter you are in trouble. Let them push in and don't take trades. Wait for your jungler to gank.
Champion Build Guide
In the laning phase your playstayle depends on your Adc and the enemy botlane. If the enemy has a low threat support and/or adc you should always look for fights by hitting your E. If you are playing with a scaling Adc against an early botlane or a poke lane you should play passiv and wait for gank or good opportunities and scale. You have a big powerspike at level 4 when you have 2 points in your Q as it allows you to spam Q aa Q aa and so on. As long as you have mana this makes it nearly impossible to fight Taric to that state. If you play passiv you should try to deffend your turret platings as these can get the enemy fed even without you dying. If you are the aggressiv one on the other hand ward deep and get as many platings as possible. Once the platings are gone at minute 14 you can also start roaming.
2. Mid game
In the midgame you try to contest dragons and herold with your team and make catches with your E. I also like to my scuddle crabs by myself if no one is willing to help me. If you already got the bottom turret of the enemy down you can also lane swap and get the enemy top turret aswell. Your job as a support is also to place key wards around the map and clear the enemy vision. This is especially important when the dragon is about to spawn.
3. Late game
In the late game Taric is all about team fights. His R is a huge game turner, especially if you play against a teamfight comb and your comb doesn't shine in teamfights. If you feel like it you can initiate fights with E and Flash. As Taric you should make your team pressure objectives so the enemy team has to react and go into fights they don't want to take. Keep in mind your R has quite a long cooldown and nothing is more awkward than telling your team to fight while you forgot your ult was on cooldown.
Next ability is your W. Usually you want to have it on the one ally you want to buff up with the armor boost. There are situations where you want to put it on another ally. For example a teammate who is about to engage and you give him your E for an unexpected stun. Also when contesting objectives you want to put your W on a backline ally so you can heal the frontline and the ally heals the backline. This also ensures that your Ult will hit most people on your team. If you are peeling for your Carries on the other hand you should give your W maybe to a frontline ally so he and his bruiser buddy get the ult and heal aswell.
Your E is quite straightforward but also your bread and butter spell for kills. You can start casting E and right before it ends you flash into the enemy for an unexpected stun. Chasing with your E active can be quite painfull as enemies will learn how to walk out of it. I found it helpfull to not cast E on the enemy while chasing but a bit left or right of him. If you cast it directly on the enemy you are chasing he has 3 possible ways to go: 1. Stand still and hope you go left/right. 2. Go left. 3. Go right. Thats a 1/3 chance you get it right. 1/2 if the enemy isn't hardened enough to stand still. If you cast it left or right of your enemy the only real option for him is to go the other direction (why would he walk into your E?). That information you can use now by walking to that particular direction.
Your R can be tricky to use. If you use it too early, the enemy can bait it out and engage afterwards. If you cast it too late your team is dead. They key with timing Tarics ult is to know when the enemy will commit for a fight. This is usually when some keys spells are used, typically engages and ultimates. If you see an Amumu for example who just hit your jungler with his Q and 2 other allies are in his R range you don't think you just cast your Ult. It's not very likely that Amumu will just walk away when he could have made the fight winning ultimate. And even if he does because he sees you ulting you also made your job: protecting your team.
Greetings, Guffel001
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