Taric

Taric is an engage tank in the support, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 53.6% win rate, 1.2% pick rate, 14,012 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Taric is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Taric wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Taric tips the fight, and peeling and disengaging to grind out the extended fight. The kit grades 9/10 teamfighting, 7/10 disengage. Play around where Taric is thin, roaming and siege (3/10, 3/10), and the enemy loses their angle.

The most-played core build is Solstice Sleigh, Locket of the Iron Solari, Winter's Approach, which holds a 52.9% win rate across 855 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.

The matchup to respect is Mordekaiser, where Taric sits at just 45.6%, the lane swings the other way into Rengar (61.4%), and on the team side, Taric gains the most from a Ambessa (+7.4% pair win rate).