Taliyah·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Taliyah Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Triple Tonic in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Archangel's Staff as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Cryptbloom, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 150 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Taliyah Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Archangel's Staff, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 49.3% win rate over 75 matches.

Situational Taliyah Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Taliyah build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.