Talk:Taric/@comment-1876049-20110915111030/@comment-132.3.33.68-20110915154656

I've never been a conventional person in my champ builds, and so the way I enjoy playing Taric is buffed by the changes, overall.

My end build is [order of purchase is subject to how the game is going] Manamune, Merc Treads, Aegis of the Legion, Soul Shroud, Stark's Fervor, Will of the Ancients.

My philosophy as Taric is to be the guy everyone wants to fight with. It obviously works better with premades, as coordination is higher, but with this build (which is only 12170 gold - I run gold quints + greed since gold items aren't part of it), I have the following auras:

Taric W bonus armor (+30) Taric R bonus AD/AP when on (+35) Items: +12 mp5 +10% CDR +12 Armor +15 MR +8 AD +30 AP +25% Spell Vamp +20% Lifesteal +20% AS +30 Hp5 -20 Armor to enemy champs

-30 Armor to enemy champs w/ shatter

Combining this with my heals, which are decent, and appropriate off-tank stats with ~2900 HP and decent armor and MR, I actually like to lead charges that way when I back off after I take the first wave of damage and start healing others, I get to walk back into the fight with lots of health again. All the while, everyone on the team is sustaining themselves through the damage they deal thanks to my auras, and taking far less damage, while doing even more.

Is it the best build? I don't know about that. But it's really fun to win team fights this way, and he hits for 270 AD w/ the Ult on, so he can still deliver some pain himself while in the fight, and beat up turrets pretty decently.