Champion sheet · Support

Taric

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

1.4%#167 of 173 champions

Pick: 1.0%picked in 271 of 28,096 games
Ban: 0.4%90 bans over 22,398 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Support48.6% between 43.6% and 53.8% over 257 gamesSoloQ 52.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 26.7 min

Amateur: 29,590 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 63% · EUW 26% · NA 11%. SoloQ Master+: 661,121 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itGlacial Augment, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Sunfire Aegis: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 97% of supports.FrontlineTeamfight
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.7%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.2%
0.5% ban rate in amateur play over 16,228 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 457,860 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
26.7 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 26.7 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Glacial Augment, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Sunfire Aegis: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGlacial Augment73% · 10,454

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal42% · 6,019

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 90% · 63 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 2

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Sunfire Aegis

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 97% of supports.

Plays teamfightstop3%59% · supports: 54%
Absorbs damagetop19%793 · supports: 393

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight

Like other supports

Gold at 15 min
Map pressure
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 4 in lane, 6 in mid game and 6 in late game, out of 100 supports.

177-111 vs 288

207-135 vs 342

202-186 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Taricsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 76% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 4 of 100 among supports177 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 6 of 100 among supports207 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 6 of 100 among supports202 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 27 of 100 among supports-72 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 24 of 100 among supports-111 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 59 of 100 among supports4.6 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 81 of 100 among supports793 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 97 of 100 among supports59% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 5 of 100 among supports12% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 74 of 100 among supportsrank 74 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 63 of 100 among supports1.2 · median 1
Team damage · rank 7 of 100 among supports5% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.