User blog comment:Big Lupu/The Curse of the Supports/@comment-5702923-20130418142955/@comment-8267817-20130423140320

Actually, I play taric that does fairly well dueling and even taking people on 2v1 and at least surviving and running the enemy off, Iceborn gauntlet, Frozen heart, and muramana make his auto's hit like small cars, and the armor damage increase on shatter is crazy not to mention his ult, his base damage on his AOE skills is misleading to the enemy team if you build him as more of a supportive bruiser with tank masteries and magic pen runes, I usually run him as a solo top but I do support with him on occasion and there is nothing better than starting out saphire crystal and health potions and getting off a few hits on the enemy if you took shatter for the extra armor because when they realize they aren't doing much to hurt you and they start running you can pop shatter for a little extra damage as they try to escape. For example in one game as Taric, this was a solo top game but I build him very similar and have a similar playstyle if it is solo top on both teams obviously I play more defensive if it is a 2v1 in the enemies favor, but I was ganked by a shaco while fighting the enemies Riven, I just ulted and stood there healing myself and stunning whenever I could, I used shatter to finish off shaco and Riven had to run away and I was still at half health because of the heal increase when you heal yourself. To sum it up, the more disruptive supports can do surprising ammounts of damage while still helping the team with a few auras, wards, and just overall meat shielding. My bad for the wall of text but I just wanted to make sure people understand the point I'm trying to make.