Guide · Mid

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).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

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.

How to play and combo preview

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

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

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.

See all 3 Taliyah combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

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

Common mistakes

Casting Seismic Shove with no useful direction.
Using the ultimate without knowing what it blocks or traps.
Neglecting walls: they raise your speed.

Riot's official tips for playing Taliyah

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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).

Blackfire Torch

Rylai's Crystal Scepter

19 games · 57.9%

14 games · 57.1%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter

11 games · 54.5%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W51.3% · 39 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W			●											●	●
E		●						●		●		●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 45 games).

Starting items

Doran's Ring

Health Potion

Health Potion47.7% · 44 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3750 gold, 79 CS, 4821 XP. At 15 min: 5838 gold, 118 CS, 7351 XP.

Boots

Crimson Lucidity48.0% · 154 games

Spellslinger's Shoes50.0% · 88 games

Chainlaced Crushers57.9% · 38 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport45.0% · 140 games

Flash + Ghost57.1% · 105 games

Flash + Ignite48.5% · 33 games

Exhaust + Flash43.8% · 16 games

Most-played runes

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 + 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 + 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

Blackfire Torch 50.0%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 48.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 57.1%

Liandry's Torment 52.9%

Rabadon's Deathcap 33.3%

Cosmic Drive 27.3%

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

Blackfire Torch 54.2%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 48.6%

Zhonya's Hourglass 56.0%

Liandry's Torment 36.8%

Rabadon's Deathcap 50.0%

Cryptbloom 70.0%

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

Blackfire Torch 51.8%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 43.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 53.1%

Liandry's Torment 59.1%

Shadowflame 65.0%

Cosmic Drive 66.7%

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

Counters and matchups

How to play against Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

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.

Taliyah Mid: what our games say

Laning phase against the Mid average

Measure	Taliyah	Mid average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3750	3783	−33
CS at 10 min	79	77	+2
XP at 10 min	4821	4838	−17
Gold at 15 min	5838	5945	−107
CS at 15 min	118	117	+1
XP at 15 min	7351	7477	−126

Measured over 45 Taliyah games with a timeline; the average covers 72 champions played Mid in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min53.6 %110 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min47.4 %154 games

long over 35 min45.5 %33 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Taliyah in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Jungle	210	48.1 %	7.9	489
ADC	64	59.4 %	7.8	460

Roles where we have at least 40 Taliyah games.

Abilities

PassiveRock Surfing

Taliyah gains Move Speed near walls.

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.

WSeismic Shove

Taliyah causes an area of ground to erupt and throws enemies within it in a direction of her choosing.

EUnraveled Earth

Taliyah creates a slowing minefield. If enemies dash through it or are knocked through it, the mines explode and stun them.

RWeaver's Wall

Taliyah creates a very long wall and then surfs it.

Other Mid champions to know

Most played

Strongest (at least 100 games)

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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