League Classic matchup
Miss Fortune vs Taric
The lane, from both sides
Miss Fortune’s side
- Weak against Taricfrom the Crit Carry build (ADC)
DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds.'s stun into the armor-shred aura turns every trade around, and Miss Fortune has no escape from a point-and-click engage.
Taric’s side
- Strong against Miss Fortunefrom the Aura Tank build (Support)
Impure ShotsImpure ShotsWMiss Fortune passively increases damage dealt to a target with each strike. This ability can be activated to increase Miss Fortune's Attack Speed and cause her attacks to lower healing received by the target. is physical damage into an armor aura, and 
StrutStrutPassiveInnate: Miss Fortune gains 25 bonus movement speed if she has not taken damage in the last 5 seconds, excluding damage over time. turns off the moment DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds. lands. Taric wins the all-in he starts.
The lane in detail
Miss FortuneTaricTaric-favored: a point-and-click stun, and no dash
Dazzle reaches 650. Miss Fortune's answer to being reached is 25 movement speed.
DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds.'s stun grows with distance, up to 2 seconds at the edge of 650, while its damage grows the closer Taric stands. He never has to close on her, because the longer stun is the far one.
Who has the lane, level by level
1–26–89–18- 1–2Miss Fortune: Double Up pressures Taric's early mana
- 3–5Even: Shatter's aura against Impure Shots
- 6–8Taric: Radiance opens a fight every 60 seconds
- 9–18Taric: Dazzle every 10 seconds, and no dash
- 1DazzleLevel 1: Dazzle guarantees its target and stuns longer when cast from farther away
- 3Impure ShotsLevel 3: 50 mana buys 30% attack speed and 50% Grievous Wounds
- 3ShatterLevel 3: 10 armor off Miss Fortune for 4 seconds, every 10 seconds
- 6Bullet TimeLevel 6: 520 physical damage over a 2 second channel, 120 seconds apart
- 6RadianceLevel 6: 60 seconds between casts, and 20 attack damage and ability power for 10
- 9DazzleLevel 9: Rank 5: 10 seconds, and 155 to 310 magic damage by range
The numbers, head to head
Miss FortuneTaricHow far the first spell goes
Identical, and only one of them holds her still for up to 2 seconds.
First spell, cooldown and cost
At level 1, Taric restores 4.5 mana per 5 seconds naturally; repeated DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds.s need more sustain than that.
Healing against Grievous Wounds
Apply Grievous Wounds with an attack during Impure ShotsImpure ShotsWMiss Fortune passively increases damage dealt to a target with each strike. This ability can be activated to increase Miss Fortune's Attack Speed and cause her attacks to lower healing received by the target. before Taric uses 
ImbueImbueQActive: Taric healing the target ally, healing himself for the same amount. When targeting himself, Taric heals by an additional 40%. Taric's basic attacks reduced Imbue's cooldown by 1 second, increased to 3 seconds when attacking an enemy champion..
Armor in the trade, rank 1
10 stripped · 10 gained
ShatterShatterWAura: Taric and nearby allied champions gain 10% of his armor as bonus armor. Passive: Taric gains bonus armor. This passive is lost when Shatter is on cooldown. Active: Taric shatters his gemstones, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies as well as reducing their armor for 4 seconds.'s own armor disappears while the spell is on cooldown.
Time between ultimates
RadianceRadianceRActive: Taric slams the ground with his hammer, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies. For the next 10 seconds, Taric also gains bonus attack damage, ability power, and emits an aura that grants 50% those bonuses to nearby allied champions. is instant; 
Bullet TimeBullet TimeRMiss Fortune channels a flurry of bullets into a cone in front of her, dealing large amounts of damage to enemies. is a 2 second channel DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds. ends.
Movement in the lane
340 baseHer 335 base sits under Taric's 340 until StrutStrutPassiveInnate: Miss Fortune gains 25 bonus movement speed if she has not taken damage in the last 5 seconds, excluding damage over time. turns back on.
Reach, from above
Miss Fortune
Taric
Rings are ranges in game units, both radars on one scale. Abilities wear their icon, the basic attack wears the champion’s own face; the dashed ring wearing the opponent’s face is their longest reach.
The item race
Miss Fortune
325gThe build offers this start for lanes that can hit her. Keep moving before Taric enters Dazzle range.
1550gDouble Up scales with attack damage, giving Miss Fortune a stronger return hit after Dazzle is spent.
3200gLife steal recovers the health lost to short Dazzle trades when she can safely return to the wave.
900gThe movement bonus remains after Strut is disabled, helping Miss Fortune retreat once the stun ends.
2300gPercentage penetration helps Double Up and Bullet Time against the armor Taric and his allies receive.
Taric
800gCheck the lane brush before walking into Dazzle range; vision makes the approach safer.
1000g45 in combat and 105 out of it; the walk into Dazzle range costs less than the stun buys.
2150g20 armor and 20 magic resist on Taric, plus 10 and 15 to every ally standing near him.
2550g20% cooldown reduction on a rank 5 Dazzle, and 20 attack damage to the carry who follows it.
Play it as Miss Fortune
- 1Stay beyond DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds.'s 650 reach when you cannot trade. Your 550 attack range already puts you inside it.
- 2Turn Impure ShotsImpure ShotsWMiss Fortune passively increases damage dealt to a target with each strike. This ability can be activated to increase Miss Fortune's Attack Speed and cause her attacks to lower healing received by the target. on before he heals, not after: 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds against a 60 health ImbueImbueQActive: Taric healing the target ally, healing himself for the same amount. When targeting himself, Taric heals by an additional 40%. Taric's basic attacks reduced Imbue's cooldown by 1 second, increased to 3 seconds when attacking an enemy champion..
- 3Keep Bullet TimeBullet TimeRMiss Fortune channels a flurry of bullets into a cone in front of her, dealing large amounts of damage to enemies. until DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds. is spent. A 2 second channel does not survive a 1 second stun.
Play it as Taric
- 1Cast DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds. from the far edge of 650: the stun grows to 2 seconds there and the damage shrinks.
- 2Attack her between casts. Every basic attack on a champion takes 3 seconds off ImbueImbueQActive: Taric healing the target ally, healing himself for the same amount. When targeting himself, Taric heals by an additional 40%. Taric's basic attacks reduced Imbue's cooldown by 1 second, increased to 3 seconds when attacking an enemy champion.'s 20.
- 3Keep ShatterShatterWAura: Taric and nearby allied champions gain 10% of his armor as bonus armor. Passive: Taric gains bonus armor. This passive is lost when Shatter is on cooldown. Active: Taric shatters his gemstones, dealing magic damage to all nearby enemies as well as reducing their armor for 4 seconds. ready until the trade commits. Casting it removes your passive armor bonus while the spell recovers.
The catch
StrutStrutPassiveInnate: Miss Fortune gains 25 bonus movement speed if she has not taken damage in the last 5 seconds, excluding damage over time. supplies 25 movement speed after 5 seconds without damage other than damage over time. Minion hits can therefore remove it too. Miss Fortune has no dash to replace that speed. Taric can use DazzleDazzleEActive: Taric fires a prismatic sphere at the target enemy, stunning them for 1 second and dealing magic damage. Dazzle's damage increases the closer Taric is to the target, and the stun duration increases the further from the target, up to 2 seconds. from 650, so she must judge the distance before attacking.
The kits at a glance
Miss Fortune
Full abilities- Strut
- Double Up
- Impure Shots
- Make It Rain
- Bullet Time
Taric
Full abilities- Gemcraft
- Imbue
- Shatter
- Dazzle
- Radiance
Base stats, side by side
| Stat | Miss Fortune | Taric |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 520 (+85) | 558 (+90) |
| HP regen | 1.15 (+0.13) | 1.52 (+0.1) |
| Mana | 250 (+38) | 311 (+56) |
| Attack damage | 49.5 (+3) | 55.5 (+3.5) |
| Armor | 22 (+3) | 23.7 (+3.2) |
| Magic resist | 30 | 31.25 (+1.25) |
| Attack speed | 0.656 (+3.01) | 0.625 (+2.02) |
| Move speed | 335 | 340 |
| Attack range | 550 | 125 |
Level-1 values with per-level growth in parentheses, read from the Classic client and re-checked against it on every update.
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