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Taliyah
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Taliyah Guide

the Stoneweaver
Mage
Support
Tier C Mid

Taliyah, the Stoneweaver, is a mage and support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 571 analysed ranked games, Taliyah is mostly played in Mid (52% of its games), and more rarely in the Jungle (37%) and as ADC (11%), with a 49.5% win rate in that role: tier C among Mid champions (#29 of 42, ranked by win rate). Taliyah's damage is mostly magic (94%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 53.6% in short games (under 25 min, 110 games) versus 45.5% in long games (over 35 min).

Average KDA
5.5 / 6.1 / 8.3
ratio 2.3
Damage / min
843
CS / min
7.7
Gold / min
418
Kill participation
47%
Vision / min
0.77

Averages measured over 297 Mid games played with Taliyah, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Taliyah is a terrain mage: her passive raises her speed near walls, and Threaded Volley creates worked ground that she consumes to throw a stronger boulder that slows. Seismic Shove knocks enemies back, Unraveled Earth traps with mines that stun, and Weaver's Wall creates a very long wall she surfs on.

The boulder combo
Threaded Volley Q Threaded Volley Q Seismic Shove W Unraveled Earth E

When: An enemy is within range.

Threaded Volley creates worked ground, the second one consumes it for a boulder that slows; Seismic Shove knocks the target toward your mines.

The trap
Unraveled Earth E Seismic Shove W

When: An enemy might dash.

Unraveled Earth creates a slowing minefield; if an enemy dashes or is knocked over it, the mines explode and stun them.

The wall ultimate
Weaver's Wall R Threaded Volley Q

When: You want to block a path or move fast.

Weaver's Wall creates a very long wall and lets you surf on it.

Laning phase

Cast Threaded Volley while moving freely: the worked ground gives an empowered version. Use Unraveled Earth to trap dashes.

Common mistakes

Riot's official tips for playing Taliyah

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass (19 games, 57.9% win rate), usually with Crimson Lucidity (48.0% over 154 games).

19 games · 57.9%
14 games · 57.1%
11 games · 54.5%

Boots

Crimson Lucidity48.0% · 154 games
Spellslinger's Shoes50.0% · 88 games
Chainlaced Crushers57.9% · 38 games

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport Flash + Teleport45.0% · 140 games
FlashGhost Flash + Ghost57.1% · 105 games
FlashIgnite Flash + Ignite48.5% · 33 games
ExhaustFlash Exhaust + Flash43.8% · 16 games

Most-played runes

Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge + Precision
46.8% · 79 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Manaflow Band100%
Transcendence70%
Scorch89%
Secondary tree · Precision
Legend: Haste98%
Presence of Mind51%
Shards
Attack speed91%
Adaptive force72%
Health51%
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch + Precision
47.8% · 67 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Manaflow Band100%
Transcendence88%
Scorch97%
Secondary tree · Precision
Legend: Haste100%
Presence of Mind66%
Shards
Attack speed92%
Adaptive force90%
Health scaling66%
Summon Aery
Summon Aery + Precision
58.3% · 60 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Manaflow Band100%
Celerity67%
Scorch95%
Secondary tree · Precision
Legend: Haste95%
Cut Down82%
Shards
Attack speed92%
Movement speed53%
Health88%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Taliyah's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team44.3% · 79 games
At least 50% of their damage is magic

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team48.9% · 92 games
Less than 35% of their damage is magic

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team53.2% · 126 games
Mixed physical and magic damage

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Taliyah

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Taliyah's matchups.

Abilities

Rock Surfing
PassiveRock Surfing
Taliyah gains Move Speed near walls.
Threaded Volley
QThreaded Volley
Taliyah throws a volley of rocks in a target direction, moving freely as she casts. This creates Worked Ground below her. If Taliyah casts Threaded Volley on Worked Ground, she consumes the ground to throw a stronger boulder that slows enemies.
Seismic Shove
WSeismic Shove
Taliyah causes an area of ground to erupt and throws enemies within it in a direction of her choosing.
Unraveled Earth
EUnraveled Earth
Taliyah creates a slowing minefield. If enemies dash through it or are knocked through it, the mines explode and stun them.
Weaver's Wall
RWeaver's Wall
Taliyah creates a very long wall and then surfs it.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Taliyah?

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass (19 games, 57.9% win rate), usually with Crimson Lucidity (48.0% over 154 games).

What game length suits Taliyah best?

Win rate varies with game length: 53.6% in short games (under 25 min, 110 games) versus 45.5% in long games (over 35 min).

Which runes should I play on Taliyah?

The most-played rune page uses Stormraider's Surge with the Precision secondary tree (79 games, 46.8% win rate).

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