Taric is a melee support usually played Support on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Taric in ARAM: Taric excels as a frontline support in ARAM, focusing on healing allies and locking down enemies with stuns.
Taric ARAM Abilities
Spellcasts empower Taric's next 2 basic attacks to deal bonus magic damage and reduce his cooldowns.
Taric heals nearby allies, with charges gained from empowered attacks.
Taric shields an ally, linking them so his spells also cast from their location.
Taric readies a starlight beam that stuns enemies after a brief delay.
After a delay, Taric makes nearby allies invulnerable for a short time.
Taric ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Taric excels as a frontline support in ARAM, focusing on healing allies and locking down enemies with stuns. Stick with your team to maximize your aura and sustain through teamfights.
Tips
Use your passive to empower your next auto after casting a spell for extra damage.
Position yourself to hit multiple allies with your Q heal to maximize sustain.
Save your ultimate for key engages or to peel for your carries.
Coordinate with your team to chain CC with your stun for easy picks.
Build tanky items to survive longer and keep healing in extended fights.
Combos
E (stun) -> auto -> Q (heal) -> auto for quick burst and sustain.
R (ultimate) -> E (stun) -> W (shield) -> Q (heal) for a full engage combo.
Flash -> E (stun) to surprise enemies and set up kills.
Taric ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Resolve
Guardian
Font of Life
Conditioning
RevitalizeSecondary — Precision
Legend: Haste
Presence of MindSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Guardian's Horn - 2.
Tear of the Goddess
Core Items
- 1.
Winter's Approach - 2.
Mercury's Treads - 3.
Spirit Visage
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple melee auto-attackers
- your team needs sustained frontline durability
- enemy lacks percent health damage
Avoid when:
- enemy team is heavy on burst mages
- your champion prefers damage over survivability
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy lacks max health damage
- you need to sustain between fights
- your team has no enchanter support
Avoid when:
- enemy has liandry or botrk
- you need armor or mr more
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy team has mixed damage
- your team needs a frontline tank
- you want scaling defensive stats in long fights
Avoid when:
- enemy team is burst heavy
- you need immediate resistances over time
Options
Taric ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Taric in ARAM?
In ARAM, Taric typically builds core items like Winter's Approach, Mercury's Treads, Spirit Visage and Guardian runes (Resolve primary, Precision secondary).
What runes should I use for Taric in ARAM?
Take Guardian in the Resolve tree as your keystone, with Precision as your secondary tree for Taric in ARAM.
How do you play Taric in ARAM?
Taric excels as a frontline support in ARAM, focusing on healing allies and locking down enemies with stuns. Stick with your team to maximize your aura and sustain through teamfights.
What is Taric's best combo in ARAM?
E (stun) -> auto -> Q (heal) -> auto for quick burst and sustain.
