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

Attack

4/10

Defense

8/10

Magic

5/10

Difficulty

3/10

Base stats (level 1)

Health

645

HP regen (/5s)

6.0

Mana

300

Armor

Magic resist

Attack damage

Attack speed

0.625

Movement speed

340

Range

150

Role distribution

Support

0.9% pick

53.9% WR

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	140	94.0%	54.3%
Locket of the Iron Solari	82	55.0%	59.8%
Plated Steelcaps	63	42.3%	54.0%
Fimbulwinter	61	40.9%	55.7%
Dream Maker	56	37.6%	53.6%
Knight's Vow	55	36.9%	60.0%
Tear of the Goddess	48	32.2%	45.8%
Celestial Opposition	37	24.8%	56.8%
Kindlegem	37	24.8%	51.3%
Solstice Sleigh	35	23.5%	54.3%
Mercury's Treads	29	19.5%	51.7%
Ruby Crystal	26	17.4%	38.5%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	25	16.8%	40.0%
Frozen Heart	23	15.4%	56.5%
Cloth Armor	21	14.1%	33.3%