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Inside Taliyah dev with the designers

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This week, designer Daniel “ZenonTheStoic” Klein, writer Ariel “Thermal Kitten” Lawrence, and character artist Willem “Tokkelossie” Van Der Schyf share the behind-the-scenes story on creating the Stoneweaver.


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51 Comments

DanocusPrime32 votes

pool party taliyah skin

goes on a surf bord for her passive

Q shoot water balloons

W is a water spout

E is a bunch of tiny waves

R she surfs a tidal wave

rito plz make

Pvt Buzzerhead5 votes

this is a brilliant idea Clairvoyance

KillerKoala1 votes

Her and nami ult together would be epic

Wandering F B1 votes

Sukumizu Taliyah

Aj141 votes

This is a great idea I would totally get that skin. But maybe not the water balloon's just water would be cooler but which ever.

Wandering F B21 votes

inside taliyah

Seth the Bum3 votes

Yeah, that probably could've been phrased better.

Sire Fapalot2 votes

Yep saw this too, went straight into the gutter.

I Need Peeling1 votes

wouldn't you like to be inside taliyah?Teemo

dmbrinkmann1 votes

Except for that part where she's 16 [slayer-jinx-unamused]

I Need Peeling1 votes

hey the post started it I was just pointing it out

Seth the Bum12 votes

Taliyah = Word 'Cause Taliyah is a Surfin' Bird.

fReAkThEzOiD8 votes

The meanings of the name Taliyah are: Hebrew meaning: Dew of God; female lamb

DREADN0UGHT1 votes

Kewl

PrinceXXX7 votes

They should make a skate boarder skin for her, it would be so sick!****

Seth the Bum5 votes

Thrasher Taliyah?

Tenten1 votes

YESsummoner 4

Tazeking4 votes

Taliyah the earthbender *ahem toph from avatar

ProfMunchKin2 votes

Yes, because avatar had the first ever idea for an earth mage.

League of Souls1 votes

She's Korra! [slayer-jinx-wink]

Quality Broccoli3 votes

Just here to learn the secrets of pronunciation Till-E-Uh Get it cause her q tills the ground

WindSlash1011 votes

tal e yah

WindSlash1011 votes

or in better terms towl e yah

Colgate Gator2 votes

The title of this thread sounds like a porno movie.

Mishli2 votes

i love the design and love the story, but it just doesn't feel like taliya's kit comes together very well, like she's trying to wear too many hats 1: passive movespeed for roaming, but she doesn't have very good catch potential aside from her ult being almost 3 minute cooldown at rank 1 2: good poke... but literally can run out of poke 3: zone control mage, who actually can 'zone out' herself if she's not careful by running out of places she can use her primary damage ability 4: 'roaming mage' who has to 'set up' a bit with her q, so she can either roam and not get good setups... or set up and not roam? 5: amazing potential initation... on someone who likely can't survive the initiation. aurelion sol generally needs to build tanky to initiate, and he's got a giant stun, what do you think the chances are of a squishy little girl surviving initiating without any hard cc? 5b: i know she can shoot out the wall without riding it, but i foresee way too many people getting caught out trying to set up that perfect wall

another way to look at it is i think she has cool options... but none of them are very good

personally i think it would be much better if her q passive was her actual passive, but worked on every single ability, and instead of speeding her up, slowed enemies. so 'all of taliya's abilities create zones of rough terrain that slow enemies by ~30 movespeed that last for... 45 seconds? rock surfing is awesome... just doesn't feel like it fits

MiniMagnet211 votes

You should watch the VOD on the demo the creator gave. She actually plays rather smoothly.

Mishli1 votes

will as soon as i can, not had much time wrapping up exams, sorry if i came accross as really negative, i'm really looking forward to this champion... just afraid i won't enjoy it, you know?

bloodmoth1 votes

Her Q on regular ground is really strong, its a 120% ap ratio on a regular ability! thats insane! Sure its unreliable, but its basically an ultimate ability on a basic spell, its just a regular spell on worked ground, well maybe a bit weaker than most, but its hella spammable once maxed and really cheap

AsGard Gods2 votes

She reminds me toph in avatar airbender

Ranger Sylva1 votes

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

cody27501 votes

taliyah is going to "rock"

glublegend1 votes

taliyah is gonna ROCK Malphite

Nixtarma1 votes

Now I want to see the "Stoneflower" drawing.

Joleey1 votes

[slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

F to flash1 votes

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F to flash1 votes

youtube is my fav lol (http://youtube.com)

RoyalMars1 votes

When they made her did they think, if we have 3 of ziggs abilities it will count as weaving?Most of her kit is literally ziggs slightly modified just a little disappointed.

Mighty Me0ws1 votes

Please please please I beg u / Leona already has surfboard / please give her a skateboard or a snowboard please please // this is the first time we could hav a champion that makes lots of us happy please ... : (

Ignatius Blau1 votes

Leona has a boogie board though. Singed has a surfboard bUT doesn't actually ride it. She could have a sail board though~ with like the sun disk in the setting sun colors like you see on actual sail boards XD whoo time for the drawing board

FlameHalbrdOkido1 votes

Can she use q while riding her ult?

Does her ult allow her to bypass champion made walls?

Needless Sewing1 votes

All I read was "Inside Taliyah"

Mister Sprinkles1 votes

Teemo the last air bender and Taliyah of the earth tribe

Arkyeus11 votes

gangster taliyah(90s clothes included)

passive- rides on a skateboard

q- idk

w- idk

e- idk

r- idk

Híroyuki Sawano1 votes

Omg taliya is just an earth bender I'm telling avitar

Adalore1 votes

A bunch of nice insights. Thanks for putting this out guys.

Stuff like this makes me think about my own design work, aka pipe dreams, in new interesting ways should they ever actually get developed by me.

VVry1 votes

I don't suppose anyone knows the music they use at the beginning and end of the podcasts?

Auschwiitz 19401 votes

Yo, in the past week or so there have been changes in my ping, from around 6pm to 12am mountain time my ping spikes up and doubles the regular amount of latency, usually during the day I get around 70-80 ping, Then at night time my ping spikes up to 150-160, and it immediately ends and goes back to my normal 70-80 ping right around midnight (Mountain time). Again, this started shortly after the Mid Season Invitational in South Korea. And before you message me back saying I should call my internet provider to see if they are having technical issues during those hours, I play games that require an internet connection like the MMORPG called Tera, and Call of Duty Black Ops 3. My friend who has dish internet has the same issue. higher ping during the night time. I hope you can resolve this soon because a lot of people will be frustrated with this, and you will start losing players

Slackjaw1 votes

Scorched earth Taliyah

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