Ideas/Predictions on Upcoming Taric Rework

With the Poppy update just around the corner, I am very excited for it, but I'm almost equally excited for the Taric rework, since I'll finally have a reason other than being fabulous to play AotFA Taric. When I was pondering on what the heck Riot might do to change the Gem Knight, I got to thinking "wouldn't it be cool if Taric was remade to be a paladin instead of just a support?" Taric is the perfect character to be a supportive tank, not just a tanky support like . Think about it; he has a hammer and shield, the hallmark arms of a paladin, he wants to be in the middle of everything where people can see his fabulousness, but he still also wants to protect allies.

I thought it'd be cool if some of his new kit worked something like this:

Passive: Truly Outrageous- Whenever enemies are near Taric, their Field of Attention is displayed in a cone that starts from their eyes (or eye or no eyes ). Taric's spells have additional effects based on how much attention his enemies are paying him. Sorta like passive, where you play a sort of mini-game when fighting him, so you'd have to make sure you stay farther away without sacrificing CS or lane pressure (except without the BS true damage and movement speed and regen).

E: Dazzle- Taric fires a prismatic sphere in a line that slows the first enemy champion hit. If Taric is anywhere in the target's Field of Attention when the sphere lands, they are stunned based on how close Taric is to them. Adds much more interaction to Taric's stun, so Riot would be free to make the duration longer/damage better if the player could properly land the spell, but not make it useless otherwise. Yes, I do love the only point-click stun left in the game (outside of ), but that's why it also has to be pretty week late. Also plays into the fact that being closer to such fabulousness would stun you for longer.

R: Radiance- Taric smashes the ground to shatter his gems and shine a brilliant light, causing all enemies struck to be forced to view Taric. While under the effect, enemies cannot move or attack in any way that will cause Taric to not be in their Field of Attention. Additionally, Taric's next cast of Dazzle affects an area around Taric instead of a line. Incentive for Taric to get in the mix, but less so for damage or true 'crowd control', and more of just a distraction. The Dazzle interaction would just make sure he could buy himself time so he doesn't just get focused and fabulously fall in 2 seconds. He could potentially move around and force enemies to face a certain direction, but if he doesn't, then backline enemies could still cast in the direction of Taric (like Zigg's throwing his ult over Taric, even if he's forced to look at him). Still plays into the whole "look at my fabulousness" idea while still supporting allies by allowing them set up or escape.

Those are just some of my thoughts for possible Taric changes. I'd definitely love to see him as more of a supportive top lane or jungle tank, kind of like how Lulu and Karma are supportive mid mages, but can still go bot with an ADC (or ). Let me know what you guys think and I'd love to see any other ideas too!