Champion profile

Taliyah in draft

Played at Mid in 66% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

11 %

picked or banned · 75th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.4%

Picked 6% · 1,113 of 18,490 gamesBanned 5% · 879 of 17,478 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

Everything below reads on 738 games at Mid. · 493 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (17,478 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.Banned, it makes room for

Anivia

Nasus

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersMap pressureCCDamageFew duelsNo pokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstGood against Sylas, bad against Vi.Good against

Sylas67%46 gamesBad against

Vi33%46 gamesBad duo with

K'Sante37%51 gamesGood duo with

Renekton67%39 games

04 · Build2 paths: Blackfire Torch or Archangel's Staff.

Summon Aery

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Taliyah, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

1.4%7,549 picks out of 558,541banned in 1.0% of games · 836 of 86,901patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

1.9%414 picks out of 21,472banned in 5.3% of games · 537 of 10,152patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

3.0%65 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 7% and 14% since 16.12 · 13.7% on 16.21 · 9.5% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	13.7%	2,671	Summon Aery40% · 54
16.20	9.5%	7,858	Deathfire Touch40% · 109
16.19	9.7%	6,733	Deathfire Touch42% · 96
16.18	10.1%	5,762	Deathfire Touch51% · 118
16.17	9.3%	5,728	Deathfire Touch48% · 98
16.16	9.1%	5,992	Deathfire Touch50% · 99
16.15	8.4%	5,530	Deathfire Touch60% · 110
16.14	10.2%	5,702	Deathfire Touch54% · 105
16.13	8.1%	7,391	Deathfire Touch64% · 153
16.12	7.3%	5,118	Deathfire Touch59% · 84

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

879 bans of 17,478 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G14.7%
G24.8%
G3+4.1%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Viktor22

Galio14

Aurora13

series, of 194 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (194), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Mid when Taliyah is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Anivia
2.8% → 4.6%
Nasus
1.6% → 2.5%
Tristana
1.2% → 2.4%

879 games where it is banned · 15,542 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Taliyah ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Orianna×1.50
Syndra×1.50
Viktor×1.36

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itMap pressureCCDamage

What it is notFew duelsNo pokeNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 12:36 (12:00), 2nd at 19:54 (20:24), 3rd at 26:30 (26:30).

738 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
WukongJGL	83	Leans against itbetween 34% and 51%
NautilusSUP	77	Evenbetween 43% and 61%
Lee SinJGL	75	Favourablebetween 51% and 69%
AhriMID	71	Leans against itbetween 33% and 52%
Kai'SaADC	68	Leans against itbetween 33% and 53%
Jarvan IVJGL	60	Evenbetween 41% and 62%
LucianADC	60	Leans against itbetween 35% and 56%
YunaraADC	56	Evenbetween 39% and 61%
CaitlynADC	54	Evenbetween 41% and 63%
EzrealADC	52	Leans its waybetween 43% and 65%

show 152 other pairs

BraumSUP	52	Evenbetween 37% and 59%
LuluSUP	51	Leans against itbetween 34% and 57%
ViJGL	46	Unfavourablebetween 23% and 45%
SylasMID	46	Favourablebetween 55% and 78%
SyndraMID	45	Leans against itbetween 29% and 52%
TristanaADC	44	Leans its waybetween 42% and 66%
LeonaSUP	44	Leans against itbetween 34% and 58%
RakanSUP	44	Evenbetween 40% and 64%
AmbessaTOP	43	Evenbetween 37% and 61%
JhinADC	42	Evenbetween 40% and 65%
XayahADC	42	Leans against itbetween 33% and 58%
MilioSUP	42	Leans its waybetween 45% and 69%
SylasJGL	41	Leans against itbetween 30% and 54%
AlistarSUP	41	Evenbetween 39% and 64%
K'SanteTOP	40	Evenbetween 35% and 60%
MalphiteTOP	38	Leans its waybetween 45% and 70%
SeraphineSUP	37	Evenbetween 36% and 62%
YuumiSUP	36	Unfavourablebetween 24% and 50%
AsheADC	35	Leans its waybetween 43% and 70%
ZeriADC	35	Evenbetween 38% and 65%
ThreshSUP	34	Leans its waybetween 45% and 72%
RyzeMID	33	Leans its waybetween 43% and 71%
ViktorMID	33	Leans against itbetween 24% and 51%
JinxADC	33	Evenbetween 38% and 65%
AatroxTOP	32	Leans against itbetween 30% and 58%
OrnnTOP	32	Evenbetween 36% and 64%
SionTOP	32	Leans its waybetween 42% and 70%
Xin ZhaoJGL	32	Leans its waybetween 45% and 72%
OriannaMID	32	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
KalistaADC	32	Leans its waybetween 42% and 70%
YoneTOP	31	Leans against itbetween 26% and 53%
SivirADC	30	Leans against itbetween 24% and 52%
RellSUP	30	Evenbetween 36% and 64%
ApheliosADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
AuroraMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
GalioMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
HweiMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
YasuoMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
KarmaSUP	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
RenektonTOP	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
JaxTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
ViegoJGL	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
YoneMID	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
PoppySUP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
NasusTOP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
GragasTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
LockeMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
CamilleTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
OlafTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
ShenTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
LissandraMID	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
GwenTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
NocturneJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
NeekoSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
GnarTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
LeBlancMID	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
BardSUP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
RumbleTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
AzirMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
VexMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
XerathMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
GarenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SettTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AkaliMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GalioMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ZedMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SorakaSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
JayceTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
YorickTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
GravesJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
JayceJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
KindredJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ZacJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ZiggsADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
LilliaJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
MorganaSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
NidaleeJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AniviaMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MalzaharMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZoeMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
CorkiADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
DianaJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
JaxJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
PykeSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
DariusTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
HecarimJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
VarusADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
VayneADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Tahm KenchSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
IllaoiTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YasuoTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AmumuJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
PantheonJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Rek'SaiJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
KassadinMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ViktorADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GangplankTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SingedTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
TrundleJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AnnieMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
TristanaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NamiSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
FioraTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GalioTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KennenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KledTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VayneTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
EliseJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KaynJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZedJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Aurelion SolMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
IreliaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MelMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
NasusMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PantheonSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AkaliTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JayceTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SylasTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
UrgotTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
EkkoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PoppyJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TalonJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZyraJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
EkkoMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JayceMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SionMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VeigarMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VladimirMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SeraphineADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SmolderADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YasuoADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LuxSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TaricSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 162 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 738 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions. Contested keystone: the top one stays under 50%

Patch + region16.21 · 89 games
Patch16.21 · 135 games
2 patches410 games
Window738 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Summon Aery+

Precision

Deathfire Touch+

Precision

47% · 42 games27% · 24 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

57% · 51 games

First maxed skill

100% · 89 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orStormraider's Surge+Precision17% · 15 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ghost35% · 31 games
orExhaust + Flash5% · 4 games

89 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Blackfire Torch76% · 12:18
Rylai's Crystal Scepter79% · 19:42
Zhonya's Hourglass51% · 26:18
Archangel's Staff19% · 12:06
Rylai's Crystal Scepter69% · 20:42

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).