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Regarding Taliyah going into Season 9..

Samseong·11/17/2018, 7:43:56 PM·2 votes·2,060 views
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Hi! I've been a Taliyah main for roughly as long as she's been released.

Briefly on the PBE there were some interesting changes made to Taliyah that I feel were made to benefit her Mid Lane strengths. The changes were reverted, but I've linked a picture of the changes they proposed.

The patch her AOE was removed from her Q was a very rough day. However seeing Taliyah being ripped from the Mid Lane and put in a Jungler position hurt even worse.. It definitely took a toll on my mentals when I had to find a new main or risk being acused of trolling with my One Trick.

From the changes listed above in my screenshot it appears that the focus on her worked ground cooldown is aimed more at her Mid Lane strengths, as I don't see how they impact Jungle strengths. I'm asking if any Riot Employees can give comment, what are the goals with Taliyah at the moment? Is the balance team working to make her more viable in the Mid Lane? Should we expect more changes similar to these in Season 9? If you play Taliyah or have an idea of how to buff her Mid Lane viability, without over-buffing her Jungle strengths, how would you go about a change like this?

Let's discuss! Taliyah

3 Comments

Psyrix11/18/2018, 2:01:36 AM1 votes

honestly, midlane taliyah isn't too bad as is, played her into an Akali, the way the wave is cleared is def different (more of a focus of using W and E for quick waveclear vs the Q spam... however, the Q does clear waves still... and the q on worked ground is quite good/spammable for poke when necessary. (like Ez's Q cuz it's a really low cd on worked ground)