Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Kled versus Taric counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between these two champions. For instance, Kled’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kled may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taric. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kled typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Taric. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kled usually loses when taking on Taric, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Kled makes a bad counter for Taric.
While Kled does have a lower winrate compared to Taric, when they face off with one another, Kled also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kled into Taricas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kled has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kled vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kled is a trash counter for Taric. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kled against Taric.
To learn all of the intricacies of Kled in order to counter Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kled often picks up much more CS as Taric. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Kled versus Taric build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Kled used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Taric than with most other common builds. In fact, Kled boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when playing against Taric with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Taric as Kled, Kled players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kled vs Taric battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.0% win rate overall.
If you would like to view Kled x Taric tips and builds for a a specific skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using all rounds played with both champions.