Firebolt
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I've been thinking about getting back into league again(yay!). I watch a lot of league videos on YouTube still so I kinda know the meta....but not really. What are the "in" champs right now? Is the top lane tank meta still dominating? Is the new rock champ really a trash pile?
The people complaining about Taliyah are plebs who think she's a burst mage. Taliyah's role is a control mage (i.e. restricts the enemies' movements/choices with spells), and she's a fiiiiiiiine one at that. I bought Taliyah on Day 1 and just messed around with her, and I can't imagine how powerful she is in the right hands.
Unlike the plebs who think she has only one good ability, Taliyah excels because of her other two abilities and ult. Her main source of damage actually comes from her E+W combo. While I recommend maxing Q on her for shorter cooldowns, all the damage you need is usually found in your E. Max E second for strong waveclears and displacement power. Use her ult to gank, roam, or even catch someone off guard. The strongest use I've found for her ult is to gank bot, but use it to cut off the enemy ADC and support from their tower. They usually have to waste flash to get over it or be forced to fight a 3v2 (if you choose to join them) or you could even coordinate a 4v2 with your jungler. Her kit just requires familiarisation and good decision making rather than mechanical skill (which I am grateful for, cause I suck mechanically).
As for items, it's pretty much universally agreed on that Rylai is the strongest item for her, as it makes your kiting ability out of the world (imagine spamming Qs into the enemy as they're chasing you; bonus points if you can put Es up in choke points). Depending on your lane however, you usually don't want to rush Rylai. If you don't need a Zhonya for Zed, you should generally build a mana item first, cause short cooldowns = more spells = more mana spent. Your options are Crystal Tear, RoA, Morello or Hextech GLP-800. All of them are solid and which one you choose depends on your playstyle. The rest of the build you can build any variety of the mage items available (past Rylai, she's really versatile).
I personally don't think Taliyah is trash. She's really powerful as a zone control mage. While she may not have Anivia's team fighting or Zyra's burst, she is very mobile through her passive and ult and can set up wicked plays. Hopefully that reallyyyyy long explanation helped you out XD If you're unsure, just wait till her free week in 2 weeks time. Worst case scenario: you try her, you don't like her, you move on, no harm done.
Did I mention that she's INSANE in URF?
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