Taric·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Taric Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind and Revitalize in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Iceborn Gauntlet as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Winter's Approach. For your last 3 items, you should build Spirit Visage, Thornmail and finish with Frozen Heart. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 53.5% winrate over 469 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Taric Top build would be to take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Iceborn Gauntlet, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Winter's Approach as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart and Thornmail. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 48.6% win rate over 146 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport 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 Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Sunfire Aegis. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 43.1% win rate across 109 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Taric Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind 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 Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Winter's Approach as third item. The last 3 options are Spirit Visage, Thornmail and Frozen Heart. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.7% win rate over 67 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.