New Taric is not a fighter...

xxxMadLionxxx·Apr 6, 2016·1 votes·690 views

I've been messing with the Taric rework on the pbe and was excited about his passive. I thought it would go well . But slowly I found out the only effective way to build taric is as a tank. He is a great support, but riot should change his role to support/tank as he is simply no good as a light fighter.

I may be wrong and trying to play him the wrong way, but a fighter should be able to build 1 or 2 defense items and be good. This is not the case with Taric. He needs 4 or 5 tank items to be effective in a fight.

And his passive is no good against a moving target. Unlike Lucian passive, the second hit will not go off if the target moves out of range, effectively making the speed boost gained useless.

I wish riot would design him in a way that he would have flexibility in his build path but currently he has to build pure tank.

4 Comments

TehNACHOApr 6, 20162 votes

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I may be wrong and trying to play him the wrong way, but a fighter should be able to build 1 or 2 defense items and be good.

A Dive Fighter like Jarvan or Vi maybe, but a Juggernaut like Darius or a Light Fighter like Yi no.

Taric lacks the mobility to operate as a Dive Fighter and his active defenses are either too weak or too delayed to allow him to function as a Melee Carry, but I'm sure if you tried a more Juggernaut approach with him, you can still pull off something Fighter based.

DionesusApr 6, 20161 votes

He is not a juggernaut. He has one damage move...

redniwediSApr 6, 20161 votes

Nacho didn't call him a Juggernaut...

Basically instead of building him as a fighter you build him as a bruiser. Juggernauts all build like bruisers after all. He gets some damage that he normally would not get as a full tank, but is still tanky.