Rakan vs Taric
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
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Taric's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
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
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3s | 15s | 16s | – |
| 6 | 3s | 15s | 16s | 3m |
| 9 | 3s | 15s | 16s | 3m |
| 11 | 3s | 15s | 16s | 2m30 |
| 16 | 3s | 15s | 14s | 2m |
| 18 | 3s | 15s | 12s | 2m |
Playing as Rakan
Tips to maximize your impact
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other Rakan matchups
Patch 16.21.1