(July 19th, 2013, 14:49)Sullla Wrote: Anything has a niche where it "can work." Protective trait in Civ4 has a niche where it can work. That doesn't mean it's a viable choice compared to better alternatives. I'm struggling to think of a situation where Taric jungle would be a better choice compared to Jarvan jungle (all around better in all ways) or Nunu jungle (support/counterjungle) or Malphite jungle (tanky/scales off AD).
Er, no, not everything has a niche where it "can work", and Protective is perhaps a good example of that. There is nothing that PRO does that something else doesn't do better. And that isn't true of Taric: Taric provides an armour buff to allies as you stated, but Jarvan doesn't. Against all AD team comps, that difference may make a jungle Taric worth having on the team.
For instance, Taric was run in the jungle by AAA in the EU LCS, after he was remade, and AAA won that game.