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Taric Update is a Disappointment

Mister Modesty··2 votes·1,030 views

I've been playing Taric for a while. He's my favorite support. He is my #1 champion as far as mastery. I've been looking forward to a Taric update for well over a year. Riot just kept making me more and more excited- then his kit is revealed. TOTAL CRAP!

Passive- Casting an ability causes Taric's next basic attack to strike twice and lower CD. Strike twice? This isn't 2/3 of Xin. Bad idea for a passive except the CD which was in his original Pass... so all you really did was make it crap.

Q- "Charging" heal.. NO. You've effectively weakened his heals- fucking congrats. Not to mention I dont want my allies standing on top of me all game.. you just ruined that with every single fucking ability he has.

W- The only worthwhile ability in the kit- and it's garbage because it justifies making his other spells shitty by allowing "dual cast". BIG WHOOP.

E- A stun which takes its sweet ass time activating... yeah because when I stun someone I want them to be able to dodge the stun without a problem. I understand point&click stun was too much. And I accepted that it would change- but this is just horrible. Any champion can dodge his stun- it's bright and slow- basically like a street sign telling you to avoid traffic.

R- Again- I don't want allies crowding me. You really just nerfed the fucking shit out of Taric. Id rather have AOE buffs than asshole teammates crowding me for invincibility. And Id have to ult- otherwise they'd probably get me killed for crowding.

You took a really good concept and you turned it into garbage. I hope you're happy with yourselves.

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bm only or i afk3 votes

the rework is really good. maybe take more time to read into it, because after you pair with an ally you dont need them standing on top of you. and you can stun them from your ALLIES OR YOUR POSITION. his new kit is amazing. sucks to suck kid.

Mister Modesty1 votes

I read the whole damn thing fighting the urge to break my screen. His whole gameplay has been altered. Oh so "dual-casting" is really that worth it? No- it isn't. Stun is still slow. Gives an excuse to nerf his heal- in 2 ways. Passive is trash- literally a 2 hit alternative to the original- which is much worse than magic damage on a single attack.

The biggest peeve of all is the heal. Now it's going to be weak as hell because he cant spam it for the full effect anymore. What the point of CD on his AA then? For a pathetic follow-up heal that wont make a difference???

The Ultimate is just fucking garbage compared to his current Ult. Id much rather buff my allies then make them invulnerable as a reward for crowding my ass. People are going to be too touchy-feely with him. Taric needs his space. Thats his current gameplay- and they changed his gameplay. Are you even a Taric main?? If not- remove yourself because this doesn't concern you. They ruined the only viable Support champ in the game. From Paladin to Squire.

Hopeslayer2 votes

well at least his ult isnt completely useless now

Mister Modesty1 votes

... Okay- how about you learn Taric. His Ultimate is badass. AOE damage and buffs the damage output of allies. Now we get to have a couple people become invulnerable for 1 second. It's a horrible trade off. They turned him into Bard.

Bartle Bixby3 votes

Finally someone who understands. They ruined every single one of Taric's abilities one by one.

Before, when a Vayne jumped on your face, you either stunned her and ran and got away, or you ran cast R and let her take a few tower hits, healed up, nearly died again, and in the last possible second popped your W and maybe did enough for the last tower shot to get her.

Now a Vayne jumps on your face, you pop your R, she waits one second until that's over, you try to stun her and miss, and then just stand there and die because none of your buttons at that point do anything. My Q, my W, my E, and my R all deal no damage to enemies. None.

How am I supposed to Heal Auto Auto Heal Auto Auto Heal Auto Auto, when my heal is worthless unless I wait forever for 3 stacks? What are both of those things doing on the same champion?

Now I can't chose to heal the person right next to me if W is on cooldown? Why can I cast W on myself? So my CC can be worse?

He used to be the guy who did everything but damage. He was a huge armor buff, a source of heals, a reliable cc, and when needed a huge boost to a team fight in exchange for doing basically no damage. Now he does no damage or anything else. He just heals for next to nothing, misses skill shots, does absolutely no damage, and feeds.

DrNova2 votes

Clearly you simply don't understand how new taric is supposed to work.

Mister Modesty2 votes

Nothing like old Taric. That's the problem. You shouldn't change a champ so much that it becomes entirely different. People who ACTUALLY play the champ are getting robbed.

CrimsonCobra31 votes

[{quoted}](name=Son of Kolrath,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=IYum1NHH,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2016-04-06T00:51:50.485+0000)

Nothing like old Taric. That's the problem. **> You shouldn't change a champ so much that it becomes entirely different. ** People who ACTUALLY play the champ are getting robbed.

Have you actually tried him yet? (I don't know if you have PBE access, so I can't say you haven't.) You should give them some grace at least until you've tried it. I see this all the time. Even with tiny changes. It isn't fun to watch someone else rage at what most of us think is a good change. You are permmitted to have your own opinion, but please realize, we are too. If you want to argue with us, you may find yourself losing.

And change is a necessary part of any structure or organization that intends to last. Stagnation leads to ruin.

DrNova2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Son of Kolrath,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=IYum1NHH,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2016-04-06T00:51:50.485+0000)

Nothing like old Taric. That's the problem. You shouldn't change a champ so much that it becomes entirely different. People who ACTUALLY play the champ are getting robbed.

As the other guy asked, have you tried him?

And that's what they do with reworks. His old play style you have to admit was rather boring anyways, there was nothing too it.

Sounds like he is a little more flexible now

Registeel12342 votes

-Passive is basicaly the same but better. Old passvie gave your next AA bonus damage after using a spell, and reducing CDs. New gives that, but 2 AA instead of 1 and AS bonus to proc it faster -Q is still a heal, heals allies nearby and yourself. got "nerfed" a bit if you spam it, I think. Basically doing the same stuff as before, but better, as you can now heal multiple allies at the same time. (and btw, you still wanted to stay near allies because of your ult's aura) -W is kinda different. Still have the passive on it (well, part of it, since it no longer gives armor to nearby allies.). It no longer shred enemy armor, but instead link to an ally to better help them. I agree on that one, pretty different. -E is pretty similar. It's still a stun, but less reliable in order to be able to hit multiple enemies at the same time. Will help you protect your carry, since it work's with your bonded ally. Still kinda similar, but less reliable -R is really different, but helps a lot more to enforce the idea of "you protecting allies". No longer gives stats in an aura. It also works with a bonded ally, so they won't "crowd you for invicibility"

I think his playstyle will be pretty similar, mixed with a bit of lulu's playstyle.

I don't understand why you say the rework is crap. Playstyle is pretty similar, weaker in poke, stronger in engages (especially post 6), stronger in teamfights

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