Taric ReWork Concept..
Yup The Gem of the game - Taric - The Support that wants to be played in hopes of doing something amazing!
Now I know lately they really reworking a lot of champions giving them edges and I'm loving it for that ill ease off riot! So hopefully this circulate to them if they think its good. (heres hoping)
Now Taric is a Earth magic user and favors gems guess the concept of his art style would be hard to change so we can leave that at that.
His Lore is kinda dull and really kinda no purpose to him being in valoran for fight for the league other then him actually practicing basic knight stuff and learning healing through earth magic so i would love to see his lore re-done pretty much so. It could be good to add some dark history to his Lore as prior to his father dying and thus taking up the knightly duties to say and heal and protect his people, great way to spice up the lore for the summoners bringing him to valoran for the League.
Now instantly people always dismiss taric to be gay as i ask my family what they thought of him.. sadly its kinda like a horrible stereotyping the way his personality is. Frankly i don't mind him this way just don't have to add fire to fuel of flaming thoughts of homophobic people such as the pink armor and him muttering all the time what gems mean about peace and harmony. I personally think it kinda detaches from the game of a league of people destroying each other and all you hear is him talking about gems, its kinda really out of place lol.
I shall Dive into his Kit and remember its my opinion and its my concept of how it should be changed or revamped!
First off.. Does taric kit help benefit a support class? The answer are yes and no.
Hes obviously meant for the role do to the way he scales in armor and hp ( Q ) but on the other hand other options pan out for ap scaling to. is it worth it to go down that road? No not really so why give it an option? kinda like sion ====> undead champion but purely better as mage to scale huge burst damage but get plucked by a few hits in return does this make sense to his whom he is and what hes supposedly meant for?
Now I did many builds with taric and clearly tanking is what hes clearly meant for.. but his skills really doesn't set up any favors in battle as a support peeling is hard due to you dont do nearly enough damage to scare anyone off nor anything to give cause for people to focus taric. Hes a walking tank but low single stun and aoe that armor re-ducts a group but not many people even care to attack taric when hes tanky let alone get near him for him to any sort of damage ( not like he could )
Giving alot of thought he can have huge potential as adc (hydra, IE & CDR) could be easily used as a top lane and he has a stun to harass due to low mana cost. I found this role refreshing seeing him actually useful in contributing to damage and halting team attack as you slight build your tank items up as well, it really makes you a formidable foe.
but in all consideration is that what he is meant for!?!?! NOPE
lets dive into his skills and learn from them :P
Passive - Gem Craft = After casting a spell, Taric's next basic attack deals bonus magic damage based on his Armor and reduces his cooldowns. ^ Now this is a good idea considering it can help CDR for spamable moments but thus does it really help in the heat of the moment i havent really seen it yet to help me win a bot lane battle it usually requires alot of back and forth rather sustaining the duration of the fight, Even so if a bot fight takes place they most likely dont even bother attacking taric unless hes clearly caught by himself due to lack of escaping but then again he suppose to be the "TANK" why would he?
Possible solutions for a passive
*-Prolly a aura that builds up magic damage that bursts due to the gems in his armor cause aoe damage *-How about a passive that buy-able (different gems that have a certain affect to armor hp or Ap *-or the more he gets hit minor armor stacks are gain
Q - Imbue = Taric brings forth earthen energy to heal an ally and himself. This heal is more potent when Taric heals only himself. ^ Ok this does make sense with his lore and actually helps cause the heal channels back to you healing both the adc and support but the scaling in ap makes it hard decision to do this considering the mp cost is quite alot early game making stunning and using shatter cross effective due to the fact you lower your own armor. Late game us is kinda utterly useless unless ap was bought to back up the heals potential but is a decision that you will regret due to the lack of being more tanky.
Ill finish this later will post on here im to tired atm to finish Lol Leave your thought on what i have so far if you want ! :D ty