this might sound weird but... could we revert taric?

hear me out for a second here, i dont mean revert him entirely i just mean his kit (though a traditional taric skin would be cool where you had the pizza feet and old VO)

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as taric is right now hes lackluster to play not to mention frustrating and punishing. lets explore that and compare it to the past and why i feel this way.

passive : its basically the same in both version's no real point in going over it.

Q: as tarics q is right now its actual garbage. the mana cost is very high and the heal given is pathetically low. even at max charges the heal simply is not worth it.

while tarics old Q was admittedly not that good either it was still outright better as a single target heal and if used on himself gave a 40% flat bonus to the heal and scailings%. the mana cost was MUCH more reasonable for the heal and actually scailed better.

W : while the new shield could be considered more "support orientated" i would outright say it is worse than his old W.

his old W gave not only himself but everyone on his team(near him) the bonus armour but gave him a bit of even MORE extra armour when it was off cooldown. not to mention when it was used it damaged the enemies around him while also shredding some of their Armour.

E : while the new stun is arguably better than the old one because it does more damage while also being able to stun an entire team rather than 1 while only having a slightly shorter stun i say its the worse of the 2. its frustrating to use on account of it being heavily telegraphed and easily avoided due to the insane mobility most characters have nowadays not to mention getting cockblocked by your own minions forcing you to path weird also having to rely on a teammate to land YOUR skillshot is frustrating in of itself.

his old single target stun may have done less damage and traveled slowly but it could not miss making it perfect for his role as a bodyguard while also making you have to actively think about who youre gona use it on... will you use it on the guy jumping your carry? maybe youll use it on their carry? maybe their support so they cant help anyone?

R/ULT : as tarics ult is right now its basically impossible to balance and where his entire kits power budget has gone into. potentially making your entire team immune to damage is insanely strong however as the game state is right now you cant use it reactivity... because of the 2.5 second channel time its not going to save anyone that isnt already a massive tank. you have to KNOW the damage is coming before it even happens because your squishys will explode instantly and more often than not whoever bursts them is just gona wait till your ult expires before going in.

tarics old ult used to do some damage in an aoe and give himself a bunch of ad and ap while giving his team half the stats he got.

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(TLDR) while old taric was a very easy to play champion his kit was effectively fail proof and as a result considerably less frustrating to play . while he wasnt the greatest healer or cc bot he was one of the best bodyguards on account of making his entire team stronger while he protected his carry and beat the living shit out of whoever dared to come near his precious gem.

also his old kit let him solo lane, bring that back