User blog comment:NicknameMy/The next most fabulous Taric Rework/@comment-973379-20141214075049/@comment-973379-20141214195729

He kinda need. Leona is engage-tank-support(jump in, blow combo and all is ok), Braum is peeler-tank-support, and have everything to protect his carry(AND can initiate as well!), while Taric is(and always was) bruiser-support, tipical Paladin(heal ally(cause support), punish enemy, be immortal to survive longer and provide constant damage and healing). And what almostevery bruiser have? Tons of free stats, either offensive or defensive. Taric trade some of his damage for utility, but should at least have tankiness, which he can share with his teammate in need(he's support after all). And since he can't build damage items(bruiser build 2 offence 3 def items usually), since he need wardstone and team-utility items(like Iron Solary and speedbuff-coin) he need his damage scale from tankyness(and high base AD to scale with IBG). And again ofc his dmg should be a lot lower than Olaf's etc but it still should be semi-high, cause bruiser, yet bruiser-support. To summ up - he should have tankiness, utility(heal, buffs(may be attached to heal) and some CC) and damage, but lack any mobility or initiate potential without items like new Glory.