Talk:Taric/@comment-26203093-20151012113048/@comment-26231232-20151023072911

Taric has a very good burst early on, but that translates into very good DPS in the mid game. Like it's been said previously Taric as a support is simply lackluster as the game progresses, and that's why Riot intends to rework him: most of his power come from two auras, his W's and his R's, which make him feel like a non-factor, because auras don't require interaction. And Taric requires, to my eye, a set of items which are hard to get on a support income: FotM, Sightstone, and Mobi Boots do nothing for Taric's kit, so you'd need to get your own items after those, at which point it might be too late. But, if you take him top, you can rush Iceborn Gauntlet, and that gives him everything he needs to be effective: CDR to spam spells, armour for tankiness and his passive, mana to spam more spells, AP for scalings, Spellblade for damage, and an AoE slow for stickiness. Pair that with 9 scaling CDR glyphs, 4 points into Sorcery, and a Spirit Visage, and you're pretty much set: stuns, heals, tankiness, auras, he's got everything. And his passive in teamfights is beastly, you can keep a carry stunned forever if you use it correctly.

As a support, though, I agree with you, he IS lackluster at the moment and many supports do his job better. However, I believe Taric's real potential is not as a support, but as a top laner.