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Taric Summoner Spells:
1. Flash: This is a standard summoner spell for most champions. It allows Taric to quickly reposition, escape danger, or engage on enemies.
2. Ignite: Provides kill pressure in lane and reduces healing effects on enemies. Useful against champions with high sustain.
Taric Runes:
Primary Tree - Inspiration:
1. Glacial Augment: Slows enemies on hit, enhancing Taric's ability to stick to targets and land his stuns.
2. Hextech Flashtraption: Allows for creative engages or escapes using Flash on a separate cooldown.
3. Biscuit Delivery: Provides sustain in lane and increases your maximum mana.
4. Approach Velocity: Grants bonus movement speed towards impaired allies or enemies, enhancing Taric's ability to engage or peel.
Secondary Tree - Resolve:
1. Revitalize: Boosts healing and shielding power, enhancing Taric's supportive capabilities.
2. Bone Plating: Reduces damage from trades, making Taric tankier in lane.
Stat Shards:
10% Attack Speed
6 Armor
6 Armor
Taric Starting Items:
1. Relic Shield: Provides sustain and allows Taric to share minion gold with his ADC.
2. Health Potion: For additional sustain in lane.
3. Stealth Ward: To provide vision and prevent ganks.
Taric First Recall Items/Rush:
1. Sapphire Crystal: Provides additional mana for Taric's abilities.
2. Bramble Vest: Useful against AD champions and those with healing.
3. Boots: For mobility.
Taric Recommended Core Items:
1. Locket of the Iron Solari: Provides a shield to nearby allies.
2. Zeke's Convergence: Enhances your ADC's damage when you ult.
3. Abyssal Mask: Increases magic damage to nearby enemies.
4. Knight's Vow: Redirects some of the damage your ADC takes to you.
5. Bulwark of the Mountain: Upgraded from Relic Shield, provides additional stats and a shield.
6. Boots of Swiftness: Enhances mobility.
Vision:
- Oracle Lens: To clear enemy vision.
Taric Skill Order:
- Level 1: E
- Level 2: W
- Level 3: Q
- Max Order: E -> Q -> W
- Take a point in your R (ultimate) whenever possible (levels 6, 11, and 16).
Taric during Laning Phase:
- Focus on protecting your ADC and setting up kills with your stun.
- Use Relic Shield to share minion gold.
- Ward river and tri-bush to prevent ganks.
Taric in the Mid Game:
- Roam with your jungler or mid laner to secure objectives and provide vision.
- Use your ultimate to turn fights in your team's favor.
Taric in the Late Game:
- Stick with your team and provide peel for your carries.
- Engage or counter-engage with your stun and ultimate.
How to play Taric in Team Fights:
- Use your ultimate to negate incoming damage for your team.
- Focus on stunning key threats and peeling for your carries.
Taric during Objectives:
- For Dragons and Barons, provide vision and be ready to use your ultimate to secure the objective or turn the fight.
Taric Matchups:
- The specific matchups were not provided in the document. However, Taric generally does well against all-in champions due to his ultimate and stun. He might struggle against poke-heavy champions or those who can disengage easily.
Taric is Strong Against:
- All-in champions like Leona, Alistar, etc.
Taric is Weak Against:
- Poke champions like Zyra, Brand, etc.
Additional Advice on playing Taric:
- Taric's ultimate has a delay before it activates. Anticipate when damage will come and use it accordingly.
- Practice chaining your abilities for maximum effect, especially your stun.
- Remember to constantly adapt your item build based on the enemy team composition and who is fed.
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