Taric vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Taric
based on 426 Taric vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Zeri
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 Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Taric in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Taric against Zeri matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zeri’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zeri. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Taric often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Zeri
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Who is Better, Taric or Zeri?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when playing against Zeri, with a 55.2% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a fantastic counter to Zeri.
While Taric does have a much higher winrate compared to Zeri, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Zeri.
Moreover, Taric has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zeri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Zeri 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Taric is a great counter to Zeri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Zeri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Zeri. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taric versus Zeri build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Zeri than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 55.2% when countering Zeri with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Zeri as Taric, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Taric vs Zeri battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.2% winrate overall.
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