User blog comment:BlitzerRyuusei/Rating supports by their poke, sustain, and burst/@comment-5266525-20131010095219/@comment-5266525-20131011135922

Not really. Taric has a point-click stun which he follows with walking up to them and mashing R and W for a huge chunk of damage. Thresh has to land his hook and can't actually burst unless he's got some decent AD and/or he ults with an enemy on top of a wall.