Support Matchup

Taric vs Leona

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Taric

Taric

the Shield of Valoran
Support
Taric Support Overall Win Rate
52.30%

Matchup Win Rate

46.9%
Taric vs Leona Wins
53.1%
Leona vs Taric Wins
Leona

Leona

the Radiant Dawn
Support
Leona Support Overall Win Rate
51.29%

Taric vs Leona - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Taric Support vs Leona Support - Who is stronger?

Taric Support has trouble against Leona (46.9% win rate) based on 497 games. This is a tough matchup for Taric players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Taric Support vs Leona Support in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 79.6% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

While Taric remains a niche pick (1.5% pick rate, 36th place out of 52 Support champions), Leona dominates the current meta support with 7.2% popularity. Mastering this matchup is crucial for Taric players - you'll face Leona in the majority of your games. Strong champion, tough matchup: Despite Taric's impressive 52.3% overall win rate, this specific matchup against Leona presents unique challenges requiring focused practice. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Guardian + Shield Bash combination (83.3% win rate) plus optimal itemization Locket of the Iron Solari, Winter's Approach, Frozen Heart, and Plated Steelcaps boosts your chances from 46.9% to 79.6% - potentially game-changing.

Vision deficit: Struggling in both the matchup and vision control (0.77 vs 0.84 wards/min) demands defensive warding and heavy jungle coordination. Outclassed across the board: Leona leads in both matchup win rate (53.1%) and damage (387 vs 272/min). Taric must seek alternative win conditions through macro play and team coordination. Strong individual performance: Taric maintains better KDA (2.70, 17th place vs 24th for Leona), but loses the matchup overall. High KDA without wins suggests difficulty translating individual advantages into victory conditions.

Taric vs Leona - Support Stats Comparison

Taric Support
Taric Support
Versus
Leona Support
Leona Support
A+TierS
46.9%Matchup Winrate53.1%
52.30%Role Winrate51.29%
#3Winrate Rank#12
1.5%Pickrate7.2%
2.7Average KDA2.5
290Gold per Minute298
0.77Wards per Minute0.84
272Damage per Minute387

How to Beat Leona as Taric (Support)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

Taric deals mixed damage - the opponent has fewer options for defense. Leona has mixed damage, be careful as it may be harder to defend if the opponent gets ahead or plays aggressively.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Leona, ranking 37th (versus 49th for Taric) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.5 versus 2.7) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Taric Support versus Leona Support matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Taric player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Leona player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Taric vs Leona: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
47.8% Win Rate31.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
47.8% Win Rate31.0% Pick Rate

Taric vs Leona: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you and other nearby champions, creating frozen zones for 3 (+ the immobilizing effect's duration) seconds that slow enemies for 20% (+90% per 100% Heal and Shield Power) (+6% per 100 Ability Power) (+7% per 100 bonus Attack Damage) and reduce their damage by 15% against your allies (not including yourself).

Cooldown: 25s

Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Resolve
Conditioning
Conditioning After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magi…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

48.1% Win Rate55.5% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Guardian
GuardianGuard allies within 350 units of you, and allies you target with spells for 2.5s. While Guarding, if you or the ally take more than a small amount of damage over the duration of the Guard, both of you gain a shield for 1.5s.

Cooldown: 90 - 40 seconds
Shield: 45 - 120 + 12.5% of your ability power + 8% of your bonus health
Proc Threshold: 90 - 250 postmitigation damage

Guardian

Guard allies within 350 units of you, and allies you target with spells for 2.5s. While G…

Shield Bash
Shield Bash Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals 5 - 30(+2.5% Bonus Health)(+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonus adaptive damage.

You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deal…

Conditioning
Conditioning After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magi…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Secondary Path
Domination
Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).

Cooldown: 4s
Activates on damage occurring after the impairment.

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

+2% Move Speed
+2% Move Speed +2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

83.3% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate

Taric vs Leona: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield (450 gold) 110 Health
Enduring Focus
Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
34.3% Win Rate22.8% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
53.4% Win Rate40.0% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

54.8% Win Rate17.6% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
54.4% Win Rate16.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste

->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste

Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Winter's Approach
Winter's Approach (2400 gold) 550 Health
500 Mana
15 Ability Haste

Awe
Gain Health.
Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
Landing Attacks and Abilities grant 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).
Transforms into Fimbulwinter at 360 max Mana.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen

Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
66.0% Win Rate15.3% Pick Rate
Final Build
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
400 Mana
20 Ability Haste

Winter's Caress
Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
85.9% Win Rate20.4% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Mosstomper Seedling
Mosstomper Seedling (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Mosstomper that assists you against monsters.
Mosstomper's Courage
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it grants a shield that regenerates after killing large monsters or out of combat.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
66.1% Win Rate8.8% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
57.6% Win Rate15.8% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

54.8% Win Rate17.6% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
54.4% Win Rate16.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste

->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste

Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Winter's Approach
Winter's Approach (2400 gold) 550 Health
500 Mana
15 Ability Haste

Awe
Gain Health.
Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
Landing Attacks and Abilities grant 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).
Transforms into Fimbulwinter at 360 max Mana.
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
400 Mana
20 Ability Haste

Winter's Caress
Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
79.6% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate
Final Build
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor

Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
83.2% Win Rate17.3% Pick Rate
Other Items
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor

Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
83.2% Win Rate17.3% Pick Rate
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage (2700 gold) 400 Health
50 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen

Boundless Vitality
Heals and Shields on you are increased by 25%.
66.7% Win Rate8.8% Pick Rate
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist

Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
66.3% Win Rate8.8% Pick Rate
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
75 Armor

Resilience
Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
Humility
Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
65.4% Win Rate8.7% Pick Rate
Force of Nature
Force of Nature (2800 gold) 400 Health
55 Magic Resist
4% Move Speed

Steadfast
Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
0.0% Win Rate5.9% Pick Rate
Abyssal Mask
Abyssal Mask (2650 gold) 350 Health
45 Magic Resist
15 Ability Haste

Unmake
Nearby enemy champions take 12% more magic damage.
49.2% Win Rate5.9% Pick Rate
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer (2200 gold) 25 Ability Power
200 Health
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen

Starlit Grace
Healing or shielding an ally chains the effect to another ally (excluding yourself), healing 30% or shielding 35% of the original amount.
49.8% Win Rate5.8% Pick Rate

Taric vs Leona: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Starlight's Touch Heals nearby allied champions based on charges stored. Bravado-empowered attacks grant a charge of Starlight's Touch.
Q
Q
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Q
Q
W
W
Bastion Passively increase the Armor of Taric and any allied champion with Bastion.

Actively shields an ally and grants them Bastion for as long as they remain near Taric. Taric's spells also cast off the ally with Bastion.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Dazzle Taric readies a beam of starlight that, after a brief delay, deals magic damage and stuns enemies.
E
E
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E
R
R
Cosmic Radiance Pulses cosmic energy onto nearby allied champions after a delay, making them invulnerable for a short duration.
R
R
R
Max Order: E > Q > W
55.2% Win Rate29.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Starlight's Touch Heals nearby allied champions based on charges stored. Bravado-empowered attacks grant a charge of Starlight's Touch.
Q
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W
Bastion Passively increase the Armor of Taric and any allied champion with Bastion.

Actively shields an ally and grants them Bastion for as long as they remain near Taric. Taric's spells also cast off the ally with Bastion.
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W
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Dazzle Taric readies a beam of starlight that, after a brief delay, deals magic damage and stuns enemies.
E
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R
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Cosmic Radiance Pulses cosmic energy onto nearby allied champions after a delay, making them invulnerable for a short duration.
R
R
R
Max Order: E > Q > W
88.9% Win Rate1.7% Pick Rate

Taric tips:

  • The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
  • Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
  • Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

Playing Against Leona

  • When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
  • Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.