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Taric Guide

the Shield of Valoran

Support

Tank

Tier S Support

Taric, the Shield of Valoran, is a support and tank champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 176 analysed ranked games, Taric is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 48.3% win rate in that role: tier S among Support champions (#4 of 38, ranked by win rate). Taric's damage is mostly magic (61%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 52.7% in short games (under 25 min, 55 games) versus 45.1% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

1.5 / 6.1 / 15.8

ratio 2.8

Damage / min

235

CS / min

1.3

Gold / min

308

Kill participation

60%

Vision / min

2.47

Averages measured over 176 Support games played with Taric, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Taric is a protection support-tank: his passive empowers his next 2 attacks after an ability (magic damage, reduced cooldowns, rapid attacks). Starlight's Touch heals nearby allies based on its charges, Bastion gives a shield and armor, Dazzle stuns, and Cosmic Radiance makes allies invulnerable.

Taric's strengths

Starlight's Touch heals his allies based on the number of stored charges.
Bastion gives armor and lets him cast his abilities from the affected ally.
Cosmic Radiance makes nearby allies invulnerable for a short time.

Taric's weaknesses

Cosmic Radiance has a delay before it activates: you have to anticipate it.
Dazzle takes time to take effect.
His damage stays low without his empowered attacks.

Role in team fights

Taric triggers Cosmic Radiance at the right moment to make his team invulnerable during the enemy engage, then chains Dazzle and empowered attacks. He mostly protects a specific ally thanks to Bastion.

Harassment

E AA AA AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Dazzle prepares a beam that stuns after a short delay; your empowered attacks deal bonus magic damage and charge Starlight's Touch.

Protection

When: Your carry is under threat.

Bastion gives the ally a shield and armor as long as they stay near you; Starlight's Touch heals based on your charges.

See all 4 Taric combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Chain ability then attacks to make the most of Bravado: each empowered attack gives a charge of Starlight's Touch. Bastion: your abilities are also cast from the affected ally.

Common mistakes

Triggering the ultimate too late: it has a delay.
Forgetting your passive's empowered attacks.
Placing Dazzle without anticipating the delay.

Riot's official tips for playing Taric

The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

Build, runes and summoner spells

Builds vary a lot; the most-built finished items are Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, and Bandlepipes (the first is bought in 60.2% of games).

Most-built items

Item choices vary too much for a single core build to repeat: these are the finished items most often owned at the end of the game, with the share of games in which they are bought.

Locket of the Iron Solari60.2% of games · 50.9%

Knight's Vow40.9% of games · 50.0%

Bandlepipes12.5% of games · 45.5%

Frozen Heart11.9% of games · 57.1%

Zeke's Convergence8.0% of games · 57.1%

Mikael's Blessing6.8% of games · 41.7%

Starting items

Health Potion

Health Potion46.5% · 43 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 2833 gold, 17 CS, 2734 XP. At 15 min: 4442 gold, 25 CS, 4414 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite54.8% · 62 games

Flash + Heal50.0% · 60 games

Exhaust + Flash38.9% · 54 games

Most-played runes

Glacial Augment + Resolve

42.7% · 103 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Magical Footwear67%

Biscuit Delivery92%

Cosmic Insight92%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Revitalize81%

Conditioning54%

Shards

Attack speed84%

Health scaling53%

Health scaling57%

Guardian + Precision

56.0% · 25 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life100%

Bone Plating84%

Revitalize100%

Secondary tree · Precision

Legend: Haste96%

Presence of Mind96%

Shards

Attack speed88%

Health scaling76%

Health scaling80%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Taric's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team53.3% · 60 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Locket of the Iron Solari 55.8% ▲

Knight's Vow 60.9%

Bandlepipes 54.5%

The item that stands out most is Locket of the Iron Solari: 55.8% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team53.5% · 43 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Locket of the Iron Solari 54.5%

Knight's Vow 57.9%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team41.1% · 73 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Locket of the Iron Solari 43.9% ▼

Knight's Vow 36.7% ▼

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Taric

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Taric's matchups.

Taric Support: what our games say

Laning phase against the Support average

Measure	Taric	Support average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	2833	2918	−85
CS at 10 min	17	14	+3
XP at 10 min	2734	2711	+22
Gold at 15 min	4442	4507	−65
CS at 15 min	25	20	+5
XP at 15 min	4414	4325	+90

Measured over 46 Taric games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min52.7 %55 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min45.1 %102 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

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.

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.

EDazzle

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

RCosmic Radiance

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

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Strongest (at least 100 games)

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Taric?

Builds vary a lot; the most-built finished items are Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, and Bandlepipes (the first is bought in 60.2% of games).

What game length suits Taric best?

Win rate varies with game length: 52.7% in short games (under 25 min, 55 games) versus 45.1% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Which runes should I play on Taric?

The most-played rune page uses Glacial Augment with the Resolve secondary tree (103 games, 42.7% win rate).

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