Status on taric VU?

DWT12345·Nov 20, 2014·4 votes·16,675 views

I know that taric is high on your guys's priority list for a VU. Is he gonna be just a VU like karthus got or a full on rework like sion and karma?

22 Comments

RiotIronStylusNov 20, 201416 votes

Sion level.

BOOM!

KazeNekochanNov 20, 20148 votes

Sion level.

BOOM!

i hope he keeps his long majestic hair

Solidair3Nov 20, 20141 votes

Sion level.

BOOM!

Aw geez that's going to take a year :(

ArcticSiriusNov 20, 20141 votes

Oh sweet, and idea (not really but still) of what to expect! Thanks man

TheFrozenIslesNov 20, 20141 votes

This has some thing to do with Taric VU.

See as you been change the hero lores a lot of late. Will the change to his lore(when ever that happens) have any type of show in his VU? Like if you move him away from the "from another world" thing to he come from Demacia or Mount Targon(two that come right from the top of my head).

Stars ShaperNov 20, 20141 votes

Does it also mean that it's gonna take the same time span of work? xD

FadingSanityNov 22, 20141 votes

I haven't been this excited since my parents got me an Xbox 360. Riot, you guys are awesome!

TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY!

Hullabaloo907Nov 22, 20141 votes

yay

RiotMeddlerNov 20, 20148 votes

Whenever we do work on Taric we'll likely make some substantial changes to his gameplay as well as his visuals. There's a lot of cool stuff his paladin ish sort of theme could support that at present isn't being done too well (his ult for example's really powerful, but pretty flat, both in terms of ability to make skilled plays and in terms of appreciability of power).

Kinky RhydonNov 20, 20144 votes

Nail on the head. But make the update come a little sooner. The gem knight is not used in high ranked play, but wrecks the draft/blind. I would love to see a Sion sized Taric with an ult that is just as powerful, but a better stun/armor aura. That ult, even now, is a sick buff in a team fight.

Stars ShaperNov 20, 20141 votes

Imo, we could make Taric able to summon huge Crystals in the way Teemo shrooms are with this characteristics:

They can be destroyed but ppl in a short range will be covered into shining gem powder and be revealed for a short time.
They can be used by Taric as reverberating tools, spells that hit them will be re-casted by them with point&click being retargeted to the closest enemy if any in range (reverberated spell has same max range as the original with the Crystal as center).
Taric can shatter them if in range dealing magic damage, revealing (and/or blinding the enemies), explosion range would have to be twice the one of the broken crystals (or just bigger).

Wouldn't it be cool? :D

SUBMIT OBEYNov 20, 20142 votes

Seeing as how many champs are receiving a visual update with textures and such like Maokai and Singed, yet Taric hasn't, I suspect they are going to be doing some extensive work to him. I personally would like to see him be a little more badass and get out of bot support and into a top lane tank/fighter role.

StrawberryKuroDec 22, 20142 votes

bruh http://i.imgur.com/mxM8URr.jpg Please, confirm if this is real, or not. Seems legit.

SukishooDec 22, 20141 votes

That's a contest entry in the RIOT Art contest on Ploycount. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142177&highlight=Taric

DrDänJun 11, 20152 votes

whoever made it deserves the highest of awards for how well they made him look xD

KrizalidJan 15, 20151 votes

Please no. XD

TspiggsNov 20, 20141 votes

If you mess up Armor of the 5th age, i will call my friend Liam Neeson. BE SCARED!

AyAyRon BlackNov 20, 20141 votes

I pushed this idea on a previous Taric thread. It sounds fitting and since it's not done often I figured he can have his own unique item/trinket, like a bone tooth necklace where Rengar enjoys buffs on stacks. Only on assists, Taric would be able to increase armor and MR on allies, as well as buff AD/AP in higher stacks, increased ward vision, more potent heals, CDR, etc. It has to be gem themed! Basically a unique buff for all colors. Like for every assist he'll get 1-3 stacks and with those stacks he'll craft gems into something visually significant (his shield, his aura, his weapon, etc.) and at a max cap he'll have each and every gem on display, and each gem is designated to their own respective buffs. Something like that would be cool, and personally, if this idea comes into fruition, I will definitely consider being a Taric main (which is something I never thought I'd say)