Talk:Taric/@comment-24971427-20170224124713/@comment-24971427-20170224155051

Rod of Ages is an interesting build on Taric. His Heal when maxed, heals for 180 health with a 60 Percent AP Ratio like Soraka's. Except, Soraka's heal heals for 200 health instead. Another interesting thing is that Taric's heal scales with health, and Rod of Ages does give health. Taric's Q is on a 6 second cooldown with 3 stacks if you land all your Bravado attacks, and it's still an AoE heal.

But Taric's core items are tank items, I don't see why you would run that. While it would be a fun idea, I don't think it'd fit in very well.

Also, desperate for health? I don't think I've ever encountered such a situation. With Knight's Vow, Face of the Mountain and Starlight's Touch, I often find myself very healthy. The shield spams with Bastion and Face of the Mountain is helpful as well.

Yes, of course I can still die, but I mean like, I win trades quite easily as long as the adc isn't a complete coward, and with 20 Percent of my health left, I heal up very quickly with all my item abilities and my Q. Plus the natural tankiness given by Bastion lets Taric take quite the punishment. A fifth of your armor is stacked upon your armor.

Really, I love how his scalings work. More Armor= More Damage More Health= More Heals and Larger Shields. It's like a Galio!

Anyway, while I agree that Bravado is the very heart of his abilities, I don't see a problem with it. Just land it on a minion if you need the cooldown reduction. And if you want it to go off on champions, the assistance of ally champions and your Dazzle certainly helps with that.

A trick that you can do is aim your Dazzle from a mobile Bastion ally instead of your own character. By doing so, you can stun enemies from afar, and you don't even have to be there.

So, what's wrong with Bravado being a core part of his kit?