Taric vs Viego
How to Beat Viego as Taric
based on 1,468 Taric vs Viego matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Viego Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Viego Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viego as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Viego
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.
Taric vs Viego Counter Stats
How to Counter Viego with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Taric versus Viego matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viego. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Viego. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Viego
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Who is Better, Taric or Viego?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Viego, with a 52.7% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a good counter to Viego.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Viego, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Viego.
Furthermore, Taric also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viego. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Viego matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Taric is a good counter to Viego. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Viego.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric in order to counter Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Viego. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Taric versus Viego build include Fimbulwinter, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Viego than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 52.7% when playing against Viego with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Viego as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Taric vs Viego LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.7% winrate overall.
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