tarics current ult is better imo

resumed··7 votes·382 views

so i was trying to squeeze out the last bit of old taric i can before the rework comes out (hes my most played champ in ranked and 4th most played champ) and i realized how much i love his current ult

even though it was relatively weak due to his power allocated into his targeted stun, it was extremely useful in giving that little bit of extra power to your team to push through to the backline (also it made everyone sparkly!)

and with his bonus armor aura he made everyone hit harder while also making them tankier and had great synergy with aegis against mixed damage teams

taric's ultimate was also also unique to him, lots of champions have invulerability ults and just do it better than his because they are either instant cast or have some other utility to them, such as immunity to crowd control or providing a heal

all this "taric is going to be 100% pick or ban because of this ult!!!!" sounds just sounds so fake bc his old ult is better. i dont think hes going to be played that much either because in lower elo people are going to mess up his ult and in higher elo you could just play bard, a different support with a mediocre heal, high mana costs, and a two target stun (also much less telegraphed than taric's) and an invunerability ult that's almost instant cast (depending on how far away he is) and has much more utility

there'll be more of a niche to him now, but hes not as unique as he was before

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Saianna2 votes

even though it was relatively weak due to his power allocated into his targeted stun

Tarics stun is (or rather was, cause almost all other stuns were reworked already) relatively one of the weakest stuns compared to all other targeted stuns. I dunno when it suddenly changed into "HUGE THING" that limits a champion. Projectile was so goddamn slow you could have recalled back to base before it hit you..

ChaddyFantome1 votes

While debatably so, the reason i think riot has changed it is because they don't like Aura's. RIP Runic Bulwark. They deem it "invisible stats" and power.

resumed1 votes

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Penguin Eclipse1 votes

I don't understand the rework. A heal, a shield, and invulnerability? There comes a time when a champion can have too much damage mitigation and Taric's kit is probably the best example to date. They consume 3 out of 4 abilities and the majority of his power budget and as a result he really doesn't have much utility at all. And his stun doesn't look very good to me but maybe I am missing something as I don't currently have a PBE account. He's supposed to be good at protecting yet his kit has rather ineffective peel.

resumed1 votes

he has a heal and a shield, but they both have extremely high mana costs and they're both relatively mediocre. the heal is only useful if you have 3 charges and even then it's still an alistar heal (both at rank 1) that doesn't work on minions and the shield scales with hp of the target and is more worth it for the bastion passive to use your stun

ive watched two support taric videos (where i intend to play him) and it seems that his stun is extremely effective in teamfights but not so much in the laning phase because of the telegraphed nature and how easy it is to dodge.

thats kind of the reverse of how it is currently, stronger in the laning phase and weaker in teamfights

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