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Taliyah Mid build & stats

MageSupport D 101 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
45.5%
Pick rate
1.3%
Ban rate
0.3%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,600 gold
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
8,400 gold
72.7% WR 11 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
51.4% 35 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
15 games · 15% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
49.2% 65 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Taliyah

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Taliyah wins 45.5% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (101 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Liandry's Torment — 73% win rate over 11 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 37% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Taliyah is an early-game champion: 53% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 26% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
72.7% WR
11 games · 11% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
44.4% WR
9 games · 9% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
28.6% WR
7 games · 7% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
0.0% WR
2 games · 2% pick

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
40.0% WR
40 games · 40% pick
Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
51.4% WR
35 games · 35% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
50.0% WR
18 games · 18% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
51.9% 27% (27)
50.8% 62% (63)
50.0% 69% (70)
44.7% 38% (38)
42.9% 7% (7)
40.0% 10% (10)
33.3% 6% (6)
30.0% 10% (10)
25.0% 4% (4)
14.3% 14% (14)
0.0% 5% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
20 games · 20% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
15 games · 15% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Legend: Haste Presence of Mind
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
27.3% WR
11 games · 11% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Treasure Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 51.4%37% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 39.4%33% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 25.0%16% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 60.0%10% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 49.2%64% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 44.4%18% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 27.3%11% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Threaded Volley Q Unraveled Earth E Seismic Shove W 0.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (0%).

  • PRock 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 bou...

  • 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.