What are the best runes for Taliyah Mid?

Deathfire Touch in Sorcery with Precision secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (46.4% win rate).

What is the best build for Taliyah?

Rush Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Zhonya's Hourglass. It wins 51.5% of Mid games on patch 26.20.

Is Taliyah good on patch 26.20?

Taliyah has a 49.2% win rate in Mid this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Who counters Taliyah?

Zoe, Katarina, Zed are among the strongest counters to Taliyah Mid this patch, by ranked win rate.

Taliyah build

Mid · patch 26.20

Taliyah is currently a situational Mid pick on patch 26.20, holding a 49.2% win rate across 23,142 games (1.5% pick rate, 0.3% ban rate). It performs consistently across game lengths. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

49.2%

Pick

1.5%

Ban

0.3%

Games

23,142

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 51.5% win ratevs 49.2% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start49.2%

First back

Core · in order51.5%+2.3

The whole build

Boots48.7%−0.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

46.4% win rate

Sorcery

Precision

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min47.9%

25-30 min50.2%

30-35 min49.1%

35-40 min50.1%

40+ min48.8%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

49.8%

48.6%

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// Matchups · who beats TaliyahAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Zhonya's Hourglass; this core wins 51.5% of Mid games; Deathfire Touch is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.