Talk:VPBE/@comment-25714442-20160406002617/@comment-1330314-20160406103303

In terms of burst and waveclear, he's definitely in a worse spot (though also because his current burst is a surprisingly high ~1057 ) and even his longer-drawn damage rotation deals less total damage until you get to high amounts of armor and extended fighting time, but at the same time he has far more impactful abilities overall, significantly better poke and some of the best defenses around, if not the best. He's sort of similar to in that he trades raw offensive power and waveclear for hyperscaling potential and superior teamfight presence, so it wouldn't be entirely unlikely for him to go top, even if he's clearly going to be balanced as a support first and foremost.

Another thing worth mentioning, though, is that despite Taric's new kit having fewer damaging effects, what few he has left are significantly more impactful: his passive deals a whopping 210 bonus damage per double-hit, plus base AD, in contrast to his live passive's comparatively piddly 27  at 18, and his E now scales properly with his itemization, even though it takes over 267 bonus armor to surpass his current E's maximum potential base damage (which, admittedly, never usually happens, since most targets tend to run away from Taric when it matters).