Rakan vs Taric

Rakan
vs
Not enough games
Taric
Heavy AP damageVery tankyHeavy CCStrong engage

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Taric

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Rakan: Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Celestial Opposition, Redemption, Bandlepipes, Thornmail.

Starting items

Health Potion
x2

Core build

Zeke's Convergence
1
Locket of the Iron Solari
2
Knight's Vow
3

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Celestial Opposition
5

Summoner spells

FlashHeal67%
FlashDot33%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Celestial Opposition
Redemption
Bandlepipes
Thornmail
ResolveResolve
GuardianGuardian
Font of LifeFont of Life
Bone PlatingBone Plating
UnflinchingUnflinching
DominationDomination
Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunter
Sixth SenseSixth Sense
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Taric's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Bravado (P)

Spellcasts empower Taric's next 2 basic attacks to deal bonus magic damage, reduce his spell cooldowns, and attack in quick succession.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
33s15s16s–
63s15s16s3m
93s15s16s3m
113s15s16s2m30
163s15s14s2m
183s15s12s2m

Playing as Rakan

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Land a quill, then return to your ADC

    Hit a champion with Gleaming Quill (Q), then return to your ADC: you heal yourself, and the heal reaches nearby allies as soon as you touch one.

  2. Engage when your ADC can follow

    Engage with Grand Entrance (W) when your ADC can follow: you leap onto them, and enemies around your landing spot take a knock-up.

  3. Dance through, then leap

    Cast The Quickness (R) and run through their team, then Grand Entrance (W): each enemy you touch while running is charmed, then takes a knock-up when you land.

  4. Recast your dance to another ally

    Recast Battle Dance (E) a second time to reach another ally: each dash shields the ally you target.

Playing against Taric

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Leave the line of his beam

    Get out of the line of Dazzle (E) as soon as it appears: the beam only bursts and stuns after a short delay, and it can also come from the ally bound to Taric.

  2. Punish him when he steps up to auto

    Take a trade when he steps up to hit: each auto empowered by Bravado (passive) lowers his cooldowns, so he needs those hits.

  3. Kill before his Cosmic Radiance

    When he casts Cosmic Radiance (R), decide fast: kill one of his allies before the invulnerability lands, or back off until the effect ends.

  4. Hit far from Taric during his ult

    During Cosmic Radiance (R), hit an enemy far from Taric and from the ally bound by Bastion (W): only champions near them are invulnerable.

Patch 16.21.1