Look at pickrate, items, and masteries you noodle. It's almost the lowest picked champion for showing up in mid and is just used for boosting. It's used by smurfs and duoboosters to get a stupid winrate and rush through ranks until they reach their goal or face opponents it doesn't work vs.
its due to pairing with chamions like yi ... its a cheese strat that can work if pulled off with good communication
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The only people playing Taric mid are using a gold funnel strategy, either with Master Yi jungle or Kassadin top. That's why you see a 65% winrate in plat+
Funneling and boosting strats