Taric
Truly Outrageous
Lane harassment and consistent damage output.
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus
adaptive damage.
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.
Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max mana and restores health and mana.
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each
takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Offense
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Flex
+5 AD or 9 AP
Defense
+6 Armor or 8 MR (match-up)
Why Guardian
Guardian **synergizes well with Taric's [W]** when looking to block big incoming damage and the extra burst of Movement Speed allows your to position yourself to land [E].
Why Shield Bash
Shield Bash is easily proccable with Taric's [W] and synergizes well with his passive when looking to offensively auto attack in fights.
Why Conditioning
Conditioing on Taric makes you a big front-line tank in the mid-game and your natural synergy with Armor will make you and your linked [W] ally difficult to take down in skirmishes/teamfights.
Why Revitalize
Revitalize synergizes well with both [Q] healing, [W] shielding strength, and Locket shielding making your teamfight damage mitigation incredibly strong.
WhyBiscuit Delivery
Biscuit's massive mid-fight health regen when you are below 50% will allows you to absorb a ton of poke and front-line damage thanks to your natural high resists.
WhyMagical Footwear
Magical Footwear is an all-around good rune choice on nearly every champion. It act effectively as a free kill's worth of gold at 10min allowing you to hit your combat stat item pokwer spikes even sooner.