As a Taliyah main, even I think she needs a mini rework

Albuquerque··1 votes·1,401 views

Taliyah has struggled since her release to gain traction from players except from a few dedicated mains, and I can see why. Her kit has a few key issues and I think a mini rework (i.e. Shyvana ) would help her a lot. Let me explain.

As a control mage (Disruptor), she hardly does any controlling. Anivia Heimerdinger Zyra do a much better job locking down an area with their abilities. Her E has too small of an AoE and feels underwhelming, and her W is too small as well. This is because her designers got too hung up on her E+W combo for crazy damage and these two abilities had to be heavily limited in how consistently effective they are for the sake of their damage not being oppressive.

I suggest this be changed slightly. Reduce the damage from her E "knocked through", and then increase the area of effect. Secondly, increase the area of effect of her W and reduce it's cooldown.

These subtle but effective changes will solidify her identity as a Disruptor, and make her much more interactive to play. Her E+W combo will still do damage, but being able to use each of those abilities by themselves and still have them be powerful catching and area-control tools gives her tons of utility to her team. This also fixes her current problem where she's just a machine gun/spam Q bot (because her W and E are either underwhelming or too hard too use).

I personally would be very happy to see these changes.

9 Comments

Knight Sky2 votes

hey w really does need to be bigger

MissingKayo2 votes

Or just a revert, since that would fix all her problems.

Leo10241 votes

i thought she was balanced but pro play ruined the fun for all of us

hunterspec2 votes

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i thought she was balanced but pro play ruined the fun for all of us

you mean like azir, kalista etc?

LordGeovanni1 votes

Taliah was possibly balanced though i dont think so, but azir and kalista havent been balanced from their concepts were shown they just had a period where people couldnt play them well on the first day only really.

Leo10241 votes

idk, kalista has a terrible design in terms of balance, and azir is kinda unique but the pros abused him, so i would say more like azir since they can both be strong when mastered but the average player can't just kick ass with them

hunterspec1 votes

people main taliyah?

LordGeovanni1 votes

only thing taliyah needs in my opinion is to remove her passive from structures and make the close to walls a litte further and about by 1-2 teemos away from a wall. then remove the out of combat from her already highly conditional passive while people like talon get to jump walls every 2 seconds whether he is in combat or not

Teémò1 votes

I think she's still pretty dam strong her wave clear's insane as well as her roaming. It's just that dashing or blinking out of her E to me. Is what keeps her considered weak to some. Like If you fight a Tryndamere You can try and clear the wave with W and E but he's just gonna spin on you and smack you well calling a chicken. If a champion has any form of gap closer she needs to keep her W with the hopes that it will save her. As her passive does squat defensively to save her from it. and her Q Can't change the direction of her to cast a different position if she flashed Like a Riven Ult could. Ultimately she's still super strong. Not Nerfed To the point of kennen who's now as bad as aatrox and xin top., but a good taliyah can carry games with the right roaming.

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