League of Legends’ in-depth mid lane Taliyah guide for Season 12

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Taliyah is a battlemage in League of Legends who has seen many changes since she was first released in 2016. She received a mid-scope update on patch 12.9 earlier this year, making her one of the best mid-laners in the game.

Her kit saw a massive change as her Threaded Volley (the Q ability) got the area-of-effect damage back, Seismic Shove's (the W ability) cooldown and mana cost went down, however, it no longer deals damage, and Unraveled Earth (the E ability) now has a longer range and stuns champions that dash.

The ultimate ability, Weaver Wall, was tweaked too, as Riot Games added a leap off the wall, later range was upped, the early range was downed, and Taliyah will no longer get knocked down while casting the ability.

As of League of Legends patch 12.14, Taliyah had a 50.8% winrate in Platinum+ ranks and was ranked as an S-tier champion. In this in-depth guide, we will look at what items to build, which runes to choose, and how to play her as a mid laner in League of Legends.

Taliyah is one of the highest burst damage dealing champions in League of Legends who also has the ability to traverse across the Summoner's Rift. However, she also happens to be one of the squishiest champions that can be easily countered with heavy crowd control (cc).

Primary Rune (Inspiration): First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight

Secondary Rune (Sorcery): Manaflow Band, Transcendence

Rune Shards: Offense (+10% Attack Speed), Flex (+9 Adaptive Force), Defense (+8 Magic Resist)

First Strike synergizes and scales well with the champion's early game. It also enables her to trade fairly well against the opponents as First Strike adds damage amplification and an extra 5 gold per strike helps her out during the early game.

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