Talk:Taric/@comment-26203093-20151012113048/@comment-26231232-20151021073106

Don't play him support. Give him a spin in the top lane, and you'll see him do much better. IBG does wonders for him: damage with the Spellblade, stickiness with its AoE slow, mana to spam abilities, armour, CDR, and AP. Gemcraft actually becomes one of the best 1v1 passives in the game, you can just E->AA->W->AA->Q->AA and repeat it ad infinitum, since you're going to have everything up all the time. And Gemcraft also grants you good teamfighting potential: you're going to get stuns and heals every 2-3 seconds. And the fact that your W and R bolster your teammates and provide AoE damage proves very useful.

Also, make sure to have the right runes and masteries, you should be coming into the game with 20% CDR already and get the extra 20% from IBG and Spirit Visage. After those two items, it's the usual Juggernaut drill: Deadman's, Randuin's, Banshee's, Thornmail, Ninja Tabis, Mercury's Treads... You become a huge tank with great auras, pretty good heals, constant stuns, and you still output a decent amount of damage.

As a support, though, you simply lack the engage that is pretty much obligatory in this day and age for a support. You can play around it and be more passive than with other supports, but, it's true, support is not where Taric shines brightest. At least I don't think so.