Taric ARAM Mayhem Build

The Shield of Valoran. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #37 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21SupportTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.7%
Pick rate: 1.6%
Rank: #37 of 173
Games: 358,606
Patch: 26.21

How to play Taric in ARAM Mayhem

Taric is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #37 of 173 champions, with a 51.7% win rate over 358,606 games. Few players take it (1.6% of games), so enemies will rarely know the matchup well. Riot rates it 3/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

Taric's damage is mixed (43% physical, 50% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It keeps its team alive with 7,024 healing and 5,490 shielding on teammates in an average game; stay behind your frontline and save it for the fights that matter. It soaks 66,258 damage per game and mitigates another 96,709, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

Most Taric players go Tank (77% of games), but the Support path, support items that heal and shield allies, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Heartsteel, Sword of Blossoming Dawn and Whispering Circlet, with a 51.8% win rate. On this build 62% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Taric are Armored Impact, Windspeaker's Blessing and Get Excited!. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Critical Rhythm and Group Hug when you can: they do worst on Taric. A pair to look for: Protein Shake with Enchanting Butterflies.

Take Flash and Mark (92% of players). Max Q (Starlight's Touch) first, then E, then W. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Taric ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Taric game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Support build · top ranked

51.8% win rate · 1% of Taric games · 2,334 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Tear of the Goddess

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Sword of Blossoming Dawn
Whispering Circlet

Boots on the Support build for Taric, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	62%
Mercury's Treads	24%
Plated Steelcaps	9%

Situational, after the core

Unending Despair9% buy it
Dawncore12% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean13% buy it
Spirit Visage21% buy it
Moonstone Renewer12% buy it
Winter's Approach9% buy it

Other build paths

Other Taric build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Warmog's Armor		77.0%	51.4%

Games: the share of all Taric games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel81% of games
Winter's Approach46% of games
Unending Despair45% of games
Warmog's Armor39% of games
Spirit Visage38% of games
Thornmail38% of games
Mercury's Treads31% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean25% of games
Randuin's Omen13% of games
Plated Steelcaps12% of games

Best augments for Taric

Every card with enough Taric games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Taric's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Flash 2Tier S
2Escape PlanTier A
3Blue BarrierTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Taric

7 S tier and 37 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Taric in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Windspeaker's Blessing	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Healing and Shielding also increases the target's Armor and Magic Resist by 30–60 (by level) for 3 seconds.
Get Excited!	Gold	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed and 15% Attack Speed for 4 seconds on takedown.
Protein Shake	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain Heal & Shield Power (25+35% Bonus Armor+35% Bonus Magic Resist)% Heal and Shield Power based on bonus Armor and Magic Resist.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Flash 2	Silver	Tier S	Gain a second Flash Summoner Spell and 70 Summoner Haste.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Wee Woo Wee Woo	Gold	Tier A	Gain up to 50% Move Speed toward nearby allies based on their missing Health. Your healing and shielding are also increased up to 50% based…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Enchanting Butterflies	Gold	Tier A	Healing or Shielding allied champions gathers Butterflies around you. After collecting 7 Butterflies, damaging an enemy champion fires all…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Circle of Death	Prismatic	Tier A	Your healing and Health Regen deal 70% of the value magic damage to the nearest enemy champion.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
Spirit Bomb	Prismatic	Tier A	Healing and Shielding builds up a Spirit Bomb. At max stacks, toss the Spirit Bomb at your lowest Health ally. After reaching the target, it…
Sonic Boom	Silver	Tier A	Buffing, healing, or Shielding your ally deals 30–150 (by level) true damage and Slows enemies surrounding them by 30% for 2 seconds (2…
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Scoped Weapons	Silver	Tier A	Gain Melee 75 / Ranged 50 Attack Range.
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Rejuvenation	Gold	Tier A	Heal amount equal to (30–100 (by level) +5% Bonus Health+15% Ability Power +25% Bonus Attack Damage), scale up to 50% more for longer…
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Third Times the Harm	Prismatic	Tier A	–
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.

Average on Taric
60 cards, best first

Below average on Taric
37 cards, best first

Weakest on Taric
16 cards, best first

Best first augment for Taric

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Taric's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Infinite Recursion and Protein Shake come out on top.

The best augments for Taric in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Windspeaker's BlessingTier S	Windspeaker's BlessingTier S	Get Excited!Tier S
2	Infinite RecursionTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Protein ShakeTier S
3	Protein ShakeTier S	Protein ShakeTier S	Protein ShakeTier S	Windspeaker's BlessingTier S
4	Windspeaker's BlessingTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Shrink EngineTier S
5	The Boom and the BassTier A	Infinite RecursionTier S	HellbentTier S	Scopiest WeaponsTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Taric, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark92% of players · 51.8% win rate
Ghost + Mark1% of players · 52.9% win rate
Flash + Ignite0% of players · 53.3% win rate

Skill order

QStarlight's Touch
EDazzle
WBastion

Max Q first. 38% of players use this order (52.4% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (14% of players) wins 54.2%.

Taric in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 5.9 / 10.2 / 36.2
KDA: 4.65
Damage to champions: 24,631
Damage taken: 66,258
Self-mitigated: 96,709
Healing on allies: 7,024
Shielding on allies: 5,490
Crowd control: 46 s
Kill participation: 79%
Game length: 16:30

Damage type

Physical 43%Magic 50%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Taric build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Support build first for Taric: Heartsteel, Sword of Blossoming Dawn and Whispering Circlet. The most played build is Tank.

What are the best augments for Taric in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Taric, best first: Armored Impact, Windspeaker's Blessing, Get Excited!, Protein Shake and Infinite Recursion. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Taric good in ARAM Mayhem?

Taric is tier A on patch 26.21, #37 of 173 champions, with a 51.7% win rate over 358,606 games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Taric in ARAM Mayhem?

For Taric's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Infinite Recursion, Protein Shake, Windspeaker's Blessing and The Boom and the Bass, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Supports in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Taric counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.