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Taric Support build & stats

SupportTank A 1,575 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
53.5%
Pick rate
1.7%
Ban rate
0.4%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
51.1% 47 games

Best three items so far

Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
2,200 gold
Echoes of Helia
Echoes of Helia
2,200 gold
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
2,300 gold
6,700 gold
71.4% WR each item separately

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
60.2% 93 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
90.9% WR
11 games · 1% pick
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
56.8% 95 games

Max order

Dazzle E Starlight's Touch Q Bastion W
44.4% 9 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Taric

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Taric wins 53.5% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (1,575 games).
  • Most common core: Bandlepipes → Knight's Vow → Locket of the Iron Solari — 64% win rate over 25 games.
  • Take Glacial Augment as keystone: picked in 60% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Shen (100% over 10 games). Hardest: Rell (25% over 28 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
Mikael's Blessing
Mikael's Blessing
57.1% WR
7 games · 0% pick
Bandlepipes
Bandlepipes
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
80.0% WR
5 games · 0% pick
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
25.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
51.1% WR
47 games · 3% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
47.4% WR
154 games · 10% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
57.9% WR
114 games · 7% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
60.2% WR
93 games · 6% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
100.0% 0% (7)
71.4% 0% (7)
66.7% 0% (6)
66.7% 0% (6)
60.0% 4% (65)
60.0% 0% (5)
59.3% 11% (167)
56.0% 2% (25)
55.9% 4% (59)
53.1% 16% (258)
52.0% 3% (50)
37.5% 1% (8)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
51.1% WR
45 games · 3% pick
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
44.4% WR
45 games · 3% pick
Glacial Augment Magical Footwear Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Conditioning Revitalize
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
33.3% WR
15 games · 1% pick
Guardian Font of Life Bone Plating Revitalize Legend: Haste Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • Glacial Augment Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies. 54.9%19% pick
  • Guardian Guardian Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield. 55.6%5% pick
  • Unsealed Spellbook Unsealed Spellbook Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps. 36.4%1% pick
  • Aftershock Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. 50.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 54.8%12% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.9%7% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 56.8%6% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Dazzle E Starlight's Touch Q Bastion W 44.4%9 games
Dazzle E Bastion W Starlight's Touch Q 100.0%4 games

Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (61%), E → W → Q (40%), E → Q → Q (50%).

  • PBravado

    Spellcasts empower Taric's next 2 basic attacks to deal bonus magic damage, reduce his spell cooldowns, and attack in quick succession.

  • QStarlight's Touch

    Heals nearby allied champions based on charges stored. Bravado-empowered attacks grant a charge of Starlight's Touch.

  • WBastion

    Passively increase the Armor of Taric and any allied champion with Bastion.Actively shields an ally and grants them Bastion for as long as they remain near Taric. Taric's spells also cast off the ally with Bastion.

  • EDazzle

    Taric readies a beam of starlight that, after a brief delay, deals magic damage and stuns enemies.

  • RCosmic Radiance

    Pulses cosmic energy onto nearby allied champions after a delay, making them invulnerable for a short duration.