Why isn't Taliyah getting Lichbane?

You don't build Lich bane on taliyah because you have other core items that are more important for your utility, and you aren't supposed to be auto attacking half or more of the time when you use your Q. You're supposed to be moving to hit them and kite them around. When you auto attack you stand still.

Her spell animations get in the way of weaving autos into her spell combos, so it's likely less DPS efficient than just casting more spells.

I don't get it because there are betters items out there and because usually you want to be constantly moving to land your q and to find new dirt as soon as possible.

I'd only buy lich bane as the last item if I do well enough. I usually just rush ROA, Liandry's, then rylai's.

I've found myself AAing quite a bit as Taliyah when I played her. Now her burst combo doesn't do very much. I don't find her fun to play anymore(so I don't play her) when you land a perfect EW combo and they're still over 30% health and right in front of your face. Now I kinda feel like her E is ONLY useful against stuff that dashes into you. Still autoing happens quite often when you're playing her, so I can see Lich Bane being alright on her. Still you'll want RoA/Rylai's before that, I guess you'd kinda be like a Kassadin in build path if you did that.

I used to build Lichbane On Ori lol.

You would lose more damage by stopping to Auto-Attack then if you were to continue moving onto new worked ground to Q again.

Not too mention you have more core items you want as opposed to it.

You could pick it up late-game, but at that point you're power has dropped considerably. You also want to avoid being in AA-range as much as possible so you don't get assassinated or dived upon late game.

uhm while I think lichbane works amazingly with her Q, it doesn't works with the rest of her kit, E + W needs to be done quick and you can't weave autos in between, you miss 1 charge in there and then there's your ult that you shouldn't use to proc lich bane even if you ride it... I think the cd is shorter than the time it takes you to ride? not sure about that though lol

She'd be better off with Hextech Gunblade or GLP then LichB. She's a zone mage, she shouldn't be in auto range to get LB procs off.

Ziggs, Lux and Viktor are three control mages that can afford to build Lich, but even then, they can usually build something better so they don't have to be in auto range of whoever.

Champions such as LB, Ahri, Fizz, Ekko, Diana, TF, Lulu, Akali, and to some extent Kennen, Lux, Ziggs, Viktor, and Orianna all have kits in which weaving a auto attack in between spells is beneficial.

LB, Ahri, Fizz, Ekko, Diana, TF, and Akali all basically need to weave AA's in for some reason or another (Outside of Ahri and LB but she has to get close to the fray to deal damage so Lich on her doesn't hinder her) TF W, Fizz W, Diana Passive, Akali Q, all proc with AAs, and Ekko is of course a melee assassin.

Ziggs has his Passive but most of the time hes a back liner. Orianna and Lulu, have the AA embuned passives with short CDs on their main damage sources that doesn't go much further then their Q ranges. It also Synergies with how Viktor's and Lux's Q and Passive work respectably. Kennen is generally a short range AoE ult bot so him having it is indeed a bit more damage to his already huge AoE AP burst.

Taliyah on the other hand wants to kite backwards more times then not, she generally doesn't want to stop and be in AA range as her kit allows her to be a pretty long range mage.

There are actually several champs that people typically leave lich bane out when building, including myself :/ It is definitely under used, its a great item. Would work well on Taliyah for sure.

She has the short CD on Q to abuse it, but she wants to be moving while casting that. I've found when I've been playing her recently that I spend most of my time casting and moving, not much time to basic attack between spells and get the most out of Lich Bane. Pretty sure she can't basic attack while her Q is spamming rocks, but I might be wrong, in which case, Lich Bane could be very good on her.

meh, taliyah is supposed to be a "burst" champion but failed really hard . her Q is strong , but she isn't for a auto fights ... better Q the opponent which is only 1.8 sec cdr ..