Champion

Taric

the Shield of Valoran

Support

Tank

Lore

Taric is the Aspect of the Protector, wielding incredible power as Runeterra's guardian of life, love, and beauty. Shamed by a dereliction of duty and exiled from his homeland Demacia, Taric ascended Mount Targon to find redemption, only to discover a higher calling among the stars. Imbued with the might of ancient Targon, the Shield of Valoran now stands ever vigilant against the insidious corruption of the Void.

Abilities

PassiveBravado

Spellcasts empower Taric's next 2 basic attacks to deal bonus magic damage, reduce his spell cooldowns, and attack in quick succession.

QStarlight's Touch

Heals nearby allied champions based on charges stored. Bravado-empowered attacks grant a charge of Starlight's Touch.

Cooldown : 3s Cost : 60 Mana, all Charges Range : 325

WBastion

Passively increase the Armor of Taric and any allied champion with Bastion.

Actively shields an ally and grants them Bastion for as long as they remain near Taric. Taric's spells also cast off the ally with Bastion.

Cooldown : 15s Cost : 60 Mana Range : 800

EDazzle

Taric readies a beam of starlight that, after a brief delay, deals magic damage and stuns enemies.

Cooldown : 16/15/14/13/12s Cost : 40 Mana Range : 610

RCosmic Radiance

Pulses cosmic energy onto nearby allied champions after a delay, making them invulnerable for a short duration.

Cooldown : 180/150/120s Cost : 100 Mana Range : 400

Difficulty profile

Base stats (level 1)

Role distribution

Real pick rate (among Gold-to-Challenger ranked games collected on EUW/NA/BR/KR) and real win rate, from a still-modest sample -- not yet at the scale of this site's TFT comp tracker. A role without enough observed games doesn't show up here.

Most built items

Item	Games	Pick rate	Winrate
Oracle Lens	108	92.3%	50.9%
Locket of the Iron Solari	74	63.2%	48.6%
Fimbulwinter	46	39.3%	58.7%
Plated Steelcaps	41	35.0%	58.5%
Knight's Vow	41	35.0%	56.1%
Kindlegem	39	33.3%	48.7%
Tear of the Goddess	37	31.6%	32.4%
Dream Maker	36	30.8%	55.6%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	33	28.2%	48.5%
Solstice Sleigh	27	23.1%	51.8%
Celestial Opposition	27	23.1%	55.6%
Bloodsong	21	17.9%	33.3%
Ruby Crystal	20	17.1%	45.0%
Mercury's Treads	19	16.2%	31.6%
Boots of Swiftness	17	14.5%	58.8%

Real pick rate and win rate among collected games, all roles combined.

Most played runes

Runes	Games	Pick rate	Winrate
Glacial Augment — Resolve	70	59.8%	44.3%
Guardian — Precision	16	13.7%	56.2%

Real pick rate and win rate for each keystone + secondary tree combo, among collected games.

Lane matchups

Champion	Games	Winrate
Thresh	15	33.3%

Real win rate against each lane opponent seen in the collected games -- an opponent not listed doesn't have enough observed games yet.