Wow! This actually works! Taric is an absolute genius at gaining ELO!

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He is right!!! It really works!!! it is freelo when you face taric top.

Tried it for a while and it actually works really well, but your mana is so precious that it is really hard in the early game to afford to reliably trade. In combination with no gapcloser bar stun and mediocre base ms, he really cant initiate trades outside of melee range (where his E damage gets freaking huge. 80-320 damage is no damn joke), and even then he gets outtraded by other meta toplaners. Being on an even footing in teamfights though, he can really wreck any ADC because his damage is really good and his tankiness forces the enemy to counter him in some way, making his zoning really strong.