I don't think so, but I'm having a tremendous amount of success with him as Support.
Stacking armor and health makes you almost invincible against the Marksman and his targeted stun and self-heal make him a legit problem for Assassins and Mages if he gets close enough to them.
Why isn't he used more often? He seems plenty viable to me. Not to mention his fabulous armor lets him fight with such swag.
Lost R2 votesI swear I saw a similar thread not even a few days ago. I'll just repost my reply then here.
Taric's strength is he's good with and against AD-heavy teams. If they're AD melees, you're on easy street. He's also an aura god, bringing both attack and defense to teamfights that, when done right, can cause a massive stat disparity equal to a baron buff. His weakness comes from a general lack of peels and mobility and the fact that his armor shredding and buffs better benefit his allies than they do himself, though this is generally par for the course for supports.
Passive: Actually, his damage bonus is magic damage, but the really valuable component is the 2 second cooldown reduction. With a proper rhythm, Taric can lay down his spells constantly, refreshing all of his skills with such frequency that he's absolutely lethal to brawlers and melee assassins.
Q: Yeah, his heal could be better, but combined with his passive, he can throw down heals remarkably fast. Like, almost Soraka fast.
W: Shatter is one of the best skills in the game, but on a tank support it's almost broken. AOE magic damage and armor shred that scales off his armor is insane. I've carried a team as Taric support when the enemy is mostly AD assassin because, at some point, they can't do anything to Taric, and every second they stand near him is devastating agony, and he can trigger it so fast that armor shred is constantly refreshed. And the damage. DEAR GOD THE DAMAGE.
E: I don't like this skill, but unfortunately it's the closest thing he has to a gap closer, and if the enemy has any sense, they'll keep Taric as far away from them as possible, especially as he starts snowballing armor and CDR. It's just a flat stun and negligible damage. It's generally a negligible skill outside of the fact that it stuns.
R: The buff is amazing. It's like having part of a baron buff in the early game, and then a full baron buff in the late game. Two, if your armor shred is high enough.
Arguably, Taric is overpowered at the moment, but I think it's because of the extremely heavy emphasis on the AD assassin meta. He's the ultimate counter to it, and now that tanks have been given a general buff, it's penalized teams for being so specialized. Otherwise, against an AP ranged team (or one with high mobility), Taric falls off super quickly because of his lack of mobility or ranged abilities.
BeatzBoyFTW1 votesHe really can't contribute much in teamfights, besides stunning a single target, & giving bonus Armor with his W & bonus AD/Ap with his ult. Other than that, he is typically nothing but a tanky Sona, an immobile one.
Lost In Time1 votesBecause he fucking useless after lane.
The next Taric I see in ranked, I swear...
Dracid1 votesin lane hes great. Taric/graves burst combo is nuts. Outside that thought not really. TOo many other tanks these days in the current meta that can do what he does and then a lot more
Kamiroo Wolf1 votes
Stacking armor and health makes you almost invincible against the Marksman and his targeted stun and self-heal make him a legit problem for Assassins and Mages if he gets close enough to them.
Why isn't he used more often? He seems plenty viable to me. Not to mention his fabulous armor lets him fight with much swag.
You can 1v1 almost anyone(Ekko pls ;-;) as Taric @_@ I love him so much. And just think...he is only a knight. Gem King plz.
