Taric·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Taric Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Nullifying Orb, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Revitalize in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Move Speed in flex and Tenacity and Slow Resist in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Iceborn Gauntlet as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Spirit Visage and finish with Warmog's Armor. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 51.6% winrate over 188 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Taric Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Phase Rush as your keystone, Nullifying Orb, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Move Speed in flex and Tenacity and Slow Resist in defense. The items for the build are Rod of Ages, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Thornmail as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spirit Visage, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Iceborn Gauntlet. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 43.9% win rate over 155 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Glacial Augment as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Iceborn Gauntlet as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Frozen Heart and Locket of the Iron Solari. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.4% win rate across 136 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Taric Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Iceborn Gauntlet as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Winter's Approach as third item. The last 3 options are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Mikael's Blessing. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.9% win rate over 87 matches played.

Situational Taric Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Taric build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.