Talk:Taric/@comment-6000413-20130705101925/@comment-5763148-20130711131523

I've tried Taric nonstop today against a variety of Top Champions. I lost to all of them in lane. But I definitely did see potential in Taric Top. Unlike in the past where Taric Top could actually be a threat at all stages of the game, Taric like I said, now requires skill to play Top. The build path is dependant on ur personal preferences and playstyle. I usually go AP Taric so that my Burst Damage would be high. U can go Bruiser Taric to mix in AA damage and Spell Damage for a Sustained DPS, but this requires more delicate build set up.

I've found that Taric IS viable but he can't just be randomly used for Top anymore like in the past cos of the recent metagame shift and the introduction of new Champions and all. Right now, Taric doesn't have as much issue against Dash Tech Champions so thats a godly useful aspect. The bad thing is he is bad against Champions with Hard CC, Damage Shields, ranged Champions and ridiculous Lane Sustain. He is also extremely gear dependant and therefore overcommiting for a kill is not recommended unless they are either ridiculously squishy, has no Escape skill or are pushing hardcore.

You gotta play Taric like u're J4. Just poke and play passive until u've lowered ur opponent to an amount where u can actually Burst him/her to bits, or let em push and let the minion waves freeze near ur tower. From here it's ur choice to either let them be pushed directly under ur tower, or just near it so u can last hit without trouble. If the enemy starts to attack u, Stun and hit em once or twice then go back to farming. Champions that rely alot on comboing to deal huge amounts of damage will be delayed and therefore might just back or try to go all in to pull off the combo.

I guess the good thing about Taric is that, u can rank whatever skill first at Top so the flexibility in ranking is obviously one of ur 3 most optimal options u have access to. But regardless, u have to play Taric extremely passively to dominate ur lane. From my experience with him in this current metagame, Taric Top epitomises Absolute Defensive Laning. Learn to be patient, and vigilant. Achieve these 2 mental qualities, and ur set to play him however the hell u want. :3