It has been a while. Can we have Taliyah back?
I don't care what most League players say, Taliyah was perfect on her release. Her winrate was the result of a highish-skill champion being just released. I played a ton of Taliyah when she came out and even though I sucked ass back then I was fairly successful with her. She was unique, a mage made to clear waves fast and then roam to help her team win the early game. Then, for some god forsaken reason, Riot decided to change everything.
Original Taliyah passive fit in well with her kit since she was well designed to roam, but now its just awkward and out of place. She can't clear waves at the speed she used to be able to, so she can't roam nearly as well. Original Taliyah Q was for minions. It was the ability you used to clear waves. Usually in teamfights, it was just a little extra damage. The worked ground worked with your roaming since you were rarely in the same place for long. However, Riot decided that her Q should be her main source of damage, so they upped the damage, lowered the minion damage, and now the worked ground is much more of a limitation. Original Taliyah W felt much better to use, it was slower and more reliable. Putting down E and launching in enemies with W was how you did your massive mage damage. However, her W became less reliable, and for some reason W>E became a much more reliable combo. To compensate, E damage was nerfed hard. Now its barely even worth the mana it takes to cost the combo. Original Taliyah ultimate was and is like her passive. Worked super well on the hyper-roamer, but now is just somewhat awkward and out of place.
TL;DR Right now Taliyah feels like she lost her identity and is now just a lackluster Syndra. 6.11 Taliyah was much healthier and more unique, I would like to see Taliyah get reversed like Kog'Maw.