Talk:Taric/@comment-25665877-20150123215832/@comment-25665877-20150128183311

Note: I am responding to both Atlas's second comment and Tux's first comment.

First off: I do agree that Taric does not fit within the six-role classification system all that well. He possesses attributes of a support, fighter, tank, and mage.

That being said, he is first and foremost a support. He heals allies through Imbue, buffs their armor through Shatter's passive, and gives an AD and AP buff through Radiance. He also deals an AoE armor debuff through Shatter's active and can interrupt enemies with Dazzle. These are all indicative of a support.

I admit that his classification as a fighter is a bit less fitting than as a support, but after all, that is why it is his secondary role, not primary (the same goes for Shyvana and Olaf). A fighter is a melee champion who gains an advantage over enemies by attacking them for a sustained period of time. (The "attacking" bit is something that should have been clearer about in my previous comment.) Maokai does not need to be attacking in order to benefit from his passive, whereas Taric and the other champions that I listed do. The cooldown on Dazzle is moderately long, but it can be cut in half if he is attacking opponents. The same can be said of his usefulness for peeling using Imbue, as well as his other abilities in general.