I just realised my mistake and posting this again
My feedback on Taliyah: The good, the bad and The Ugly
https://champion.gg/champion/Taliyah
So i decided to play taliyah today and here is my review on her overall. Note that it depends on ppl to read this or not. Any rioters, pls read this for her future insight.
The Good: Its pretty clear its all about her lane control. A simple tear and taliyah can stay in lane for Ages . Pun intended. Her Q, with that 1.2 AP ratio, is very deserving. She can push lanes every 4 seconds. Her W and E combo is not that highly suspectible. Her ult has a decent cooldown and it can block off nearly 2 lanes together, making it bigger than her "wall-stitching" concept. Her lane farm is just truly outrageous . Another pun intended. XD. Anyway, her lane pushing and sustain damage I can say is maybe more than Swain's DoT.
The Bad: While Taliyah was released, Riot basically forgot the time for One shot champs, Tank meta and even Off tank builds. But they forgot taliyah cannot handle tanks well. A tank ekko or even a LeBlanc who is famous mid lane pick right now, can go all in before she gets her time to put out an e. Burst. That is very counter to Taliyah. Another one can be Skirmishers Jungler so Udyr, Yi and Xin Zhao all can just simply go in and come out with a scratch. So, Riot, you actually forgot to compare her power to the new and famous picks and nowadays he can be easily bursted. IF you look at champion.gg her famous build contains Zhonya's. As I can see, she should be a poke mage, so why the Zhonya's? they take it because she is getting so much burst.
The UGLY: So, my final part, the UGLY. As far as I can see, she needs to be rethought. In fact, Riot needs to rethink their whole Champion system according to the meta that we're in. Nowadays, everyone wants to play Zed, Nidalee, Yasuo, LeBlanc or Shaco. And talyah gets countered by everyone of then (ok maybe nidalee) then how come this is fair on her?
Potential Buffs: So when I played her, I could clearly see the buffs that she deserves (emphasis on ser)
- Her worked ground- I like it. But in a small lane the circles are just too big. So I think the circle should be to something about half. I mean obviously you can buff her move speed on work ground like something in crystal scar. It should feel a bit more close to her. For eg- If i have to move towards a Zed so I can use my q effectively, he would just poke her and she would be forced to move back.
- Her Q (on worked ground)- It just doesnt fill the necessary needs. I mean i can step outside the circle and get 5 rocks for the cd of 1 ability. that is effective. But if I use it on worked ground for the same amount of cooldown but one rock that gives half mana back. THATS IT. So my emphasis is somewhere between increase the no. of rocks or add half cd refunded on worked ground.
- Her E- The main area where she can control any dash. Kinda like Poppy. Stop dash and deal damage. this ability does dmg bot doest stop the dash. So what if LeBlanc for example can survive through that and still burst taliyah but she cant even retaliate on it. I get it. She is a taliyah counter. But that doesnt mean she should be punished to play taliyah. So my ans- remove the cast time. Yes im serious. If she dashes unpredictably i die in an instant. But even if i try the no dash e, it just is too long of an animation. I might even suggest double tapping e to explode the rocks early.
- Ult- Now I know that you wanted to do something with the wall. So two things here- one, change the name to the "Shuriman Sand" because its awesome and two, think of something different. When Riot thinks that yeah one ability is her bread and butter, they just give them some mobility ability for example Sol E , Tahm Kench Ult, TF Ult , Panth ult (I guess it counts) and now Taliyah. So I suggest to play around her ult. Like a giant yasuo wall that blocks a lane completely but only the ally team can see through it. Like seeing throug a needle.
- The W- Its just so hard to land it. People just think that they dont have to press it twice because they are seeing the arrow. IEven I dont expect it to double tapped ability.
Well, that's it I'm done. tookme an hour to write this. PLs don't let it be a waste. If u read through it all, I congratulate you. Peace.