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Taliyah
Patch 16.2.1
MidDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Shove waves and use to create numbers advantages in side lanes. In the late game, use to protect your backline and look for picks on squishy targets with .
Playstyle
A high-mobility battlemage focused on roaming and area denial. You excel at picking off targets with your displacement combo and shutting down mobile champions with your minefield.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Elite roaming and map presence with and
- +Incredible zone control against dash-heavy teams using
- +High consistent DPS in extended fights once is maxed
- +Strong pick potential with the and displacement combo
Weaknesses
- -Extremely vulnerable to dive and CC if is on cooldown
- -Highly reliant on landing a telegraphed vector-cast
- - provides zero combat stats, making 1v1s harder against traditional burst mages
- -Worked Ground from requires constant movement to maintain maximum damage
Abilities
Surfing near walls is your lifeblood. Use it to roam to side lanes faster than your opponent can ping. It also makes you harder to hit with skillshots during jungle skirmishes.
Your primary damage. Note that casting on Worked Ground only throws one rock, but it slows and costs almost no mana. Use the single rock for poke/slows, and move to fresh ground for the full 5-rock burst.
This is a vector cast. You choose where it starts and which way it throws. Always aim to knock enemies into your mines for maximum damage and a stun.
The ultimate 'anti-dash' tool. If a Yasuo or LeBlanc dashes through this, they get stunned and take massive damage. Use it defensively to peel for yourself or offensively with .
A massive utility tool. Use it to cut off escape routes, block enemies from objectives, or join a fight from screens away. Remember: taking damage while riding it knocks you off, so don't surf into 5 people.
Teamfight Role
Zone Control and Disruptor
Position yourself behind your frontline. Use to create a 'no-go' zone for enemy divers. Focus on melting whoever is closest with , only using when you have a guaranteed hit or need to peel.
If the enemy ADC is immobile and out of position, you can use to cut them off and dive them with your full burst combo.
Combos
Standard Burst
→ (into mines) →
The bread and butter. Drop the mines first so the knockback from triggers the explosions and stun immediately.
The Catch
(on Worked Ground) → →
Use the slow from a single-rock to make landing the much easier, then follow up with the minefield.
Defensive Peel
at your feet → (away from you) →
When an assassin jumps on you, drop instantly. If they dash again, they stun themselves. Push them away with while kiting with .
The Wall-In
→ Jump off early → at the wall edge → back into the wall
Trap an enemy against your wall, then use and to keep them pinned against the terrain while you DPS.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 3 | You have your full rotation. A single into combo can chunk most midlaners for 50% HP. |
| Level 6 | Your roam pressure becomes global. You can shove lane and look for a play in bot or top lane immediately. |
| Level 9 | is maxed. Your waveclear is now instant, and your DPS in teamfights becomes a major threat. |
| Level 11 | The range increase on allows you to impact fights from the middle of the jungle. |
| Level 16 | Max rank and low cooldowns on your basic spells make you a premier late-game control mage. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Worked Ground is your best friend for mana management; use it to last hit while keeping your mana bar full.
- •You can cast and while the animation is active without canceling it.
- • grants vision of the area it travels through; use it to scout Baron or Elder Dragon from safety.
- •If you're being chased near a wall, hug it to keep active for the extra movement speed.
- •You can jump off at any time by inputting a move command or re-activating the ability.
- • can knock enemies over thin walls—use this to steal camps or save allies.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Riding into fog of war without vision→You will get knocked off and collapsed on by the entire enemy team.
- ✕Using aggressively against assassins before they dash→They will wait for the field to expire, then dive you while your only defense is on cooldown.
- ✕Fighting exclusively on Worked Ground→Your damage output drops by more than 60% if you aren't finding fresh ground for .
- ✕Casting away from your mines→You lose the stun and the massive explosion damage, often leaving the enemy alive with a sliver of health.
- ✕Forgetting that blocks your own teammates→You can accidentally trap your frontline in a 1v5 or prevent your ADC from escaping a threat.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached