Support

Taric Build 26.22

Taric's game is timing one button: his ult drops a few seconds of flat invulnerability on everyone near him. Middle of the pack at 51.0% and sliding this patch, everything else feeds that payoff, linking W to a carry so his stun can fire from their position too, then pinning the enemy with that stun long enough for the ult to land. His Bravado autos shave down his cooldowns so he can chain the whole sequence. Nail the ult timing and the fight is already won.

#29 of 113 support this patch · 1.5k games

Win rate51.0%−1.7Games1.5kPick rate1.2%Ban rate0.2%Last 8 patches−0.5 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 62%AD 33%True 5%DifficultyiLowForgiving

The 10-second answer standard · 51.0% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsE›Q›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.5%AhriMidA51.1%AkaliMidB49.4%AkshanMidC48.9%AlistarSupportS52.5%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleB49.8%AniviaMidB50.3%AnnieMidA51.4%ApheliosAD CarryB49.4%AsheAD CarryC49.0%Aurelion SolMidA51.7%AuroraMidA51.8%AzirMidC48.0%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleS53.0%BlitzcrankSupportS52.5%BrandSupportC48.9%BraumSupportB50.8%BriarJungleB49.9%CaitlynAD CarryC47.8%CamilleTopA51.3%CassiopeiaMidB49.4%Cho'GathJungleA51.8%CorkiAD CarryB50.8%DariusTopB50.4%DianaJungleB49.5%Dr. MundoTopA50.9%DravenAD CarryA51.1%EkkoMidA51.9%EliseJungleB50.6%EvelynnJungleA51.2%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.6%FioraTopA51.5%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB49.6%GangplankTopA52.3%GarenTopA51.0%GnarTopC48.7%GragasTopB49.6%GravesJungleB49.6%GwenTopB50.1%HecarimJungleB50.4%HeimerdingerTopB50.5%HweiMidS52.8%IllaoiTopB49.9%IreliaTopB50.1%IvernJungleB50.9%JannaSupportB50.6%Jarvan IVJungleC49.3%JaxTopB50.3%JayceTopC48.0%JhinAD CarryB50.4%JinxAD CarryA51.4%K'SanteTopD47.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.5%KalistaAD CarryB50.0%KarmaSupportC48.0%KarthusJungleB49.7%KassadinMidA51.1%KatarinaMidS52.6%KayleTopA51.4%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA51.9%Kha'ZixJungleB49.3%KindredJungleA51.6%KledTopB50.5%Kog'MawAD CarryA52.1%LeBlancMidA51.8%Lee SinJungleC48.6%LeonaSupportA51.6%LilliaJungleA51.8%LissandraMidB50.3%LockeMidB49.5%LucianAD CarryB49.5%LuluSupportB49.9%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA50.9%MalzaharMidB50.4%MaokaiSupportA52.4%Master YiJungleB50.1%MelMidC47.9%MilioSupportB50.0%Miss FortuneAD CarryB50.3%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.3%NaafiriJungleA50.9%NamiSupportB49.9%NasusTopB49.8%NautilusSupportB49.8%NeekoSupportC48.4%NidaleeJungleA51.9%NilahAD CarryS53.7%NocturneJungleC49.1%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.5%OlafTopB49.5%OriannaMidD46.4%OrnnTopA51.4%PantheonTopB50.4%PoppySupportS52.5%PykeSupportB50.3%QiyanaJungleD47.2%QuinnTopC47.9%RakanSupportS52.6%RammusJungleS53.2%Rek'SaiJungleA51.6%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB50.8%RenektonTopB49.3%RengarJungleC48.7%RivenTopB50.4%RumbleTopD47.8%RyzeMidD47.2%SamiraAD CarryC49.3%SejuaniJungleA51.3%SennaSupportA51.0%SeraphineSupportB49.5%SettTopA51.3%ShacoJungleA51.0%ShenTopS52.9%ShyvanaJungleA51.6%SingedTopA51.2%SionTopA51.3%SivirAD CarryB50.5%SkarnerJungleB51.0%SmolderAD CarryA51.0%SonaSupportA51.3%SorakaSupportB50.7%SwainSupportA51.2%SylasMidC48.5%SyndraMidB50.1%Tahm KenchSupportC49.3%TaliyahJungleA51.2%TalonJungleA50.8%TaricSupportB51.0%TeemoTopB50.7%ThreshSupportB50.6%TristanaAD CarryB50.4%TrundleTopC48.4%TryndamereTopB50.0%Twisted FateMidB50.5%TwitchAD CarryB50.3%UdyrJungleC49.2%UrgotTopA51.2%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC49.0%Vel'KozSupportA51.5%VexMidS53.4%ViJungleB49.8%ViegoJungleB49.5%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidB50.8%VolibearTopB49.9%WarwickJungleA52.0%WukongJungleA51.0%XayahAD CarryS53.2%XerathMidA51.6%Xin ZhaoJungleA51.7%YasuoMidC48.5%YoneMidC49.2%YorickTopD47.8%YunaraAD CarryB49.4%YuumiSupportD47.6%ZaahenTopB50.4%ZacJungleB50.5%ZedMidB49.2%ZeriAD CarryA52.0%ZiggsAD CarryA51.6%ZileanSupportA50.9%ZoeMidA51.3%ZyraSupportA51.3%

LoL ClassicSee how Taric was built in the classic eraTaric Classic Build

When Is Taric Strongest?

The peak lands in the mid-game once the core items come together, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. Taric wins around his ultimate, so the plan is to keep his carry healthy through the mid game and then pop the invulnerability at the exact moment a fight turns into a five on five.

Game timeline · Taric drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end26:47

Ambush zone5:12–6:42 Power spike 14:58

14:07

12:04

14:58

21:08

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 52/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~3.7k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Plated Steelcaps · 14:07

Taric Item Build

Taric is an enchanter tank who chains heals and shields into a game-swinging moment of invulnerability. The build favors armor, health, and ability haste so his aura shrugs off damage, his heals refresh fast off his empowered attacks, and his team can fight through anything for a few seconds.

Standard loadout · Taric The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 100g

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps56% · 51.3%

Ionian Boots of Lucidity44% · 51.1%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.B

Bandlepipes13754.0%S

Spirit Visage3748.6%Z

Zeke's Convergence11248.2%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.T

Thornmail5358.5%F

Frozen Heart19858.1%B

Bandlepipes13754.0%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens1.5k51.2%S

Stealth Ward1723.5%

Best Taric Runes

Glacial Augment keys off the autos and crowd control his kit already leans on, since Bravado turns every ability into a pair of empowered hits. Whatever it brings, it rewards him for walking up and landing that stun. Take the rest for haste and durability so his whole rotation comes up faster and he can survive being dived.

The pre-game page Glacial Augment · Inspiration + Resolve · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Inspiration Primary

Glacial AugmentImmobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

Magical Footwear58% · 51.2%

Biscuit Delivery66% · 51.5%

Cosmic Insight71% · 51.9%

Keystone plus three minors from Inspiration, two from Resolve, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Resolve Secondary

Conditioning35% · 51.2%

Revitalize70% · 51.7%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+20–180 Health (by level)

Grab Locket of the Iron Solari early and get into position. A rough lane is survivable here, since the payoff is in scaling. The real spike is Knight's Vow, which comes online around 21 minutes and pushes his shields and peel to where he can hold an entire team alive through a fight. Stack ability haste and warding gold on the way there so his stun and heal cycle comes up as often as possible.

Taric Skill Order

Taric commits his level 1 point to Dazzle, so the stun is live from the first trade rather than something he grows into. Bastion later relays his casts through a linked ally, which is what turns that single rank into two threats.

Skill order · Taric R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›E

E›Q

Q›W

WMax E first; Q at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q241012max 12

W3max 3

E15789max 9

R611max 11

Taric Abilities

Starlight's Touch is the heal the summary skips, it spends charges he banks by landing Bravado attacks, so his sustain scales with how often he weaves autos between casts. Bravado empowers his next two swings with bonus magic damage and a quicker rhythm, so he wants to keep hitting something.

Abilities · Taricpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

BravadoPassiveP

Starlight's TouchMax 2ndQ

BastionMax lastW

DazzleMax 1stE

Cosmic RadianceUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

DazzleMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 5rank 2LV 7rank 3LV 8rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+40 per rank+50% AP+50% bonus armorlv 190lv 5130lv 7170lv 8210lv 9250Cooldown-1 per ranklv 116slv 515slv 714slv 813slv 912sConstant at every rankCost40same at all ranks

Taric Base Stats

Base stats · TaricPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD55+3.5AS0.625+2%MS340Range150HP645+99HP56+0.5Armor40+4.3MR28+2.05MP300+60MP58.5+0.8

Taric Matchups

Taric fights at close range, so lanes that poke from far away and never let him touch them wear him down before his heals matter. He does far better into melee threats and all-in bullies, where his stun and empowered attacks let him win the extended trade and heal it back.

Lane matchups · Taric click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs supports 01Win extended trades with Bravado empowered autos; enchanters lack damage to punish you.02Track their roams and ward river; punish greedy positioning with a hidden E stun.03Outscale the enchanter; ultimate invulnerability swings late teamfights harder than their shields. Win rate by game lengthTaric overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min49.1%20–28 min51.8%28–35 min50.9%Over 35 min50.0%

Be careful into Xerath, Swain, and Galio, hard engage and dive-heavy enemies that blow him up before his ult can save anyone, so hold your stun for their all-in. He outlasts Neeko, Sona, and Yuumi though, poke and squishy opponents his shields and heals simply nullify, so soak the harass and win the longer fight.

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