How to Play Taliyah ADC: Tips & Power Spikes (26.20)

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Taliyah Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)

Bot

When Taliyah Bot gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Taliyah wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Taliyah's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Taliyah hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Taliyah can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Taliyah can start or win.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Taliyah Bot Laning Plan

Taliyah plays an even lane: no extreme in gold, leads or scaling, so the matchup decides how hard to push. On average Taliyah Bot is 44 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 46% of games. Taliyah averages 0.23 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Taliyah Mid and Late Game

What Taliyah does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Taliyah brings crowd control (percentile 75): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
Taliyah wins 36.5 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.

Mistakes to avoid

Taliyah mitigates little damage (12/100): one bad position ends the fight, so stay behind your frontline.

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.

Playing 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!

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How to Play Taliyah FAQ - Patch 26.20

When does Taliyah power spike?

Taliyah's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16.

How do you play Taliyah Bot?

From this patch's ranked data, Taliyah wins by playing to these strengths: start fights with crowd control; end the game early.

Taliyah How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes