User blog:CLK3/Fabulous GEMS and Taric rework release

[WARNING: This post is about Support Taric only!]

Riot finally revealed my new life purpose, the thing I have been waiting over URF, over Aurelion, over Hextech crafting and everything else in 2016: Taric rework (http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/champion-update-taric-shield-valoran) Do check it out and share us your initial thoughts!

My thoughts so far
After seeing few parodies and playing the Taric first few times back in the day, I fell in love with the character. Now he's granted an actual kit of abilities and is no longer the walking aura-item that I always had felt him being (ever since from the start of Season 4, never got to play the "proper" AP Taric). Unfortunately I scrolled down to comment section and saw a bunch of disappointed people complaining how change is not good (same with the awesome Sion rework, which I thought was the best thing ever) but here are few reasons why Taric needed new and bigger GEMS: This being said, I am going to marry Taric as soon as he is released. Everyone is welcome for this open ceremony. Taric now has a reason for his existence. A purpose. Ezreals be aware! ;)
 * How many of you actually played Taric? Like actually, not as a joke. He (now, according to chamion.gg) has solid 2% playrate as Support and nothing interesting is happening with this champion. When has he ever been strong or as impactful as some other Supports (Annie, Soraka, Janna, Alistar, Braum...) in a phase of some meta-change? I don't remember a single time.
 * His old kit. His old kit was boring, lackluster and a mess. He had no room in the bottom lane. He was just a heal-stun-aura-bot. I will go through the Abilities.
 * (Q - Heal) The old vs new. Taric's old Q was single target, new is AoE. Taric is about to become into a team-play -focused champion from more aspects than just his old auras. He will have more going on in the teamfights and will be much more important than he has ever been. While the old heal was not bad by any means, new AoE -abilities will actually define his role/character better.
 * (W - Aura-buff) The new W may break it. It is OUTRAGEOUS with the planned new kit. While it may need tweaking at first, let's compare it to the old one. Both have the aura-buff -element but the Active is where the new W will become million times more interesting. Old W's Active was just a small, pathetic AoE-nuke which I had no idea of when to use? The new W instead adds a whole new dimension into Taric's kit by adding depth and potential. Now I know Taric is meant to be AoE teamsupport instead of whatever he used to be.
 * (E - the Infamous Stun) Single-target changed into AoE-skillshot. The new one will synergize much better with his upcoming kit. What was Taric's old Stun used for? Morgana's Q is to catch people off and to make plays. Annie Q is to stun the lane opponent to trade or to stun the whole enemy team. Taric's old Stun just was there. He had no follow up. His old Stun could be used to peel but 2 enemies on top of your ADC will make you decide which one will you stop. Now you could peel all of them and even stun more thanks to W's 'Sharing is Caring' -power.
 * (R - Ultimate) I kinda miss Taric's old ultimate, it had something nobody else has today and his new ultimate is nothing 'new'. However now when I think about it, his old ultimate had no point being there. It was designed ONLY for offensive capabilities while Taric's kit was designed to be defensive. Old ultimate synergized only with the stun. It helped out your team a lot in teamfights but only when your allies were AD. The new ultimate is there to support the whole team, to dominate the teamfights. It is a defensive ability versatile for offensive usage.
 * (P - Passive) Oh. Taric had Passive? Not huge changes has been made here except the new Passive seems a bit stronger. 'Ability-Autoattack' -rotation is okay, nothing overpowered. It (old Passive) made the Sheen-based items to look cool but should've never been bought... The Taric's new kit is all about defense and AoE-abilities and I hope the new Passive will synergize more with the kit. Some cooldown-refunds will be awesome on a new kit like this and I hope the damage actually is something.

CLK3 (talk) 04:32, April 6, 2016 (UTC)