Taliyah has been ruined in 6.14

Hrd2H1t··5 votes·1,142 views

I hate having to write this since Taliyah is (or at least was) my main and my favorite champion. These changes just ruin her kit and make her just not as good of a champion. Taliyah's W was all about predicting your opponent's movements, not spamming it while escaping. Making her W a vector cast was nothing more than a novelty, I rarely ever had any problems with the split second you couldn't move. Now her W is extremely buggy and just won't work. Whenever i cast it it almost always points where I don't want it to. I actually think the locking W makes it more balanced because it makes escapes a bit harder. Making her E do reduced damage just didn't make any sense. I don't think that being able to move while casting your W (which doesn't work) will really break your E in any way. It still takes a lot of mana to cast it and your W still has a long cooldown for a basic ability. Taliyah's E was balanced as being a high damage ability because it either required you to land your W or for your opponent to dash into it willingly. I really hope Riot can reverse these changes or at least make her W less buggy and make the E damage reduction more minor.

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Godhri2 votes

Everytime I played Taliyah after the rework, I have won lane. Easily. First time was against a Darius in Top lane. Second time against a Rengar, then I lane switched with my mid laner (Zed) who was getting rekt by a Syndra. Syndra had 6/1/0 and I was 3/1/0. By the end of laning phase, I had 9/1/0 and Syndra was 7/4/0. Other kills in my 9 kills came from elsewhere. Point is, Taliyah is still very viable and strong. She is incredibly strong in lane and outside of it as well. I don't understand why people think she is ruined. I don't even main her and I can carry games with her.

Unstoppable Monk1 votes

look, a wall of text

Hrd2H1t1 votes

Velkoz Thank you for your contribution

Dynikus1 votes

What's buggy about her W? I have no problem using it. Sounds to me more like user error than a problem with the abilitiy. And to make up for the longer cd, I just changed my build to have more cdr.

Hrd2H1t1 votes

Whenever I cast it half the time instead of it going in the direction I want it to it just goes outward.

Dynikus1 votes

I'm still inclined to believe it's user error, since I've never had that happen. Can you break down how you're casting it exactly? For example when I do it (I smartcast btw) I mouseover where I want the skill to hit, press and hold w, move my mouse in the direction I want it to throw someone, then release W. If you're not smartcasting, you press w, then click where you want it to cast, and while holding down left click, drag your mouse in the direction you want it to go, then release left click.

I went ahead and made a video with plays.tv just to show how to cast it in case you're still having trouble with with just a written explanation. If you have sound on, you should be able to hear when I press and release keys, and left click when I'm casting it without smartcast. http://plays.tv/s/KsbU8_ow_ZCD

rand0mredneck1 votes

I just got my head kicked in by Taliyah last night. I very assuredly say you're incorrect.

kebslol1 votes

Taliyah should have never happened. She was an unnecessary champ made so chumps could buy her. She's a stupid gimmick, and she's OP both before and after the patch. You can't main Taliyah, she's been alive like 2 months. Ridiculous complain by the way. Taliyah is way OP compared to 70% of champs.

The Last Ballad1 votes

Whenever i cast it it almost always points where I don't want it to.

I had this happen with the old casting input because I would be trying to kite, but instead of taking the double click in the direction I was trying to get it to go, it would instead point somewhere in the ark that my mouse took to get to where I was trying to move. Usually sending them sideways in a direction I was not intending.

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