Talk:Taric/@comment-4022742-20131124163712/@comment-4022742-20131126021200

You should only build on him if the majority of the opposing team is AP, since getting it for the health and CDR is just useless. I steer clear of and  because his passive doesn't scale of maximum mana anymore, it's still armor and CDR but preferably you'd want health and armor, like  or.

To reiterate why I go for ; It gives health and CDR for CHEAP Being the first non AP item to give 20% CDR, beaten in gold cost by and  for 450 and 150 gold respectively. It still beats and  in price with 200 and 350 gold respectively.

On top of the cost, there's the aura aspect. Only Frozen Heart buffs your team with 11 armor due to while debuffing the opponent's attack speed. Zeke's however gives your entire team 20 AD and 10% additional life steal which ups their sustain. Basically it comes down to if you'd rather give your team 25 armor, or 55 AD and 10% life steal. (I counted Shatter and Radiance respectively)

And on the matter of CDR, I was kind of assuming everyone was getting on  anyway. I already overshot my usual 30% CDR builds, to which I factor in the equation. Just like your the passive health gain and the active shield of FotM scale over Max Health too.

It comes down to play style; Do you play Taric to get as much bonus damage out of your passive and w. Or do you play Taric to buff your allies to the best of your ability. I for one, prefer to give my team a balanced amount of Armor, MR, Sustain and AD, rather then focusing on personal damage and upping their armor by a lot.