Champion sheet · Mid

Taliyah

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.4%#70 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.3%picked in 1,142 of 18,214 games
Ban: 5.1%889 bans over 17,273 games, against 1.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid51.5% between 48.5% and 54.5% over 736 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26.1 min

Amateur: 18,453 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthRunes
How to play itSummon Aery, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 92% of mid laners.Map pressureCCDamage
With / againstBetter than expected against Sylas in amateur play: +15.4 pts over 45 games, range above zero.+15.4 pt45 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.0%
SoloQ
1.4%
2.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.4%
SoloQ
1.3%
5.4% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 1.3% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26.1 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26.1 min in soloQ.
RunesDeathfire Touch instead of Summon Aery
Amateur
45%
SoloQ
40%
Played in 45% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Summon Aery (40%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Summon Aery, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesSummon Aery40% · 3,863

≠ Amateur: Deathfire Touch instead of Summon Aery. 45% · 818 games

SpellsFlash + Teleport55% · 5,383

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 138 games

Core (3 legendaries)17% · 632

17%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 92% of mid laners.

Crowd control (CC)top8%1.4 · mid laners: 0.7
Map pressuretop9%4 · mid laners: 3.2
Team damagetop25%24% · mid laners: 21%

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

What marks it

Map pressure
CC
Damage

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in late game
Plays teamfights
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Few duels
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 56 in lane, 79 in mid game and 65 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

538+11 vs 528

977+77 vs 899

1,239+61 vs 1,179

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

Taliyahmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 77% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 56 of 100 among mid laners538 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners977 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 65 of 100 among mid laners1,239 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners-244 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 23 of 100 among mid laners-324 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 23 of 100 among mid laners347 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners57% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 10 of 100 among mid laners16% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 55 of 100 among mid lanersrank 55 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 92 of 100 among mid laners1.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 75 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Sylas in amateur play: +15.4 pts over 45 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Malphite57.1% · expected 50.0% · 35 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

Sion54.1% · expected 51.8% · 37 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +0.3

K'Sante53.8% · expected 53.6% · 39 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -1.0

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin61.5% · expected 52.7% · 78 g+8.8 ptSoloQ +0.7

Xin Zhao59.4% · expected 51.1% · 32 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +4.3

Midgap to expected

Sylas68.9% · expected 53.5% · 45 g+15.4 ptSoloQ +1.5

Ryze59.4% · expected 53.9% · 32 g+5.4 ptSoloQ -0.3

ADCgap to expected

Kalista58.8% · expected 50.4% · 34 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +4.5

Caitlyn54.7% · expected 49.3% · 53 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +2.7

Zeri54.3% · expected 47.9% · 35 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -2.7

Yunara51.9% · expected 49.3% · 52 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +1.5

Ashe54.8% · expected 49.0% · 31 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -7.3

Supportgap to expected

Milio61.5% · expected 53.1% · 39 g+8.5 ptSoloQ -2.0

Nautilus53.3% · expected 52.9% · 75 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.3

Alistar53.7% · expected 50.4% · 41 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -3.0

Thresh54.5% · expected 49.9% · 33 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Braum50.0% · expected 48.9% · 50 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -0.3

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton67.5% · expected 51.9% · 40 g+15.6 ptSoloQ -3.3

Ambessa62.2% · expected 50.9% · 37 g+11.2 ptSoloQ -0.4

Aatrox52.6% · expected 52.2% · 38 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +3.2

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV55.3% · expected 49.5% · 38 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -1.3

Lee Sin51.2% · expected 50.3% · 86 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.2

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal61.3% · expected 47.0% · 62 g+14.3 ptSoloQ -1.8

Xayah67.5% · expected 53.2% · 40 g+14.3 ptSoloQ -1.1

Jinx59.5% · expected 55.7% · 37 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -2.7

Sivir56.3% · expected 51.6% · 32 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -1.6

Lucian53.3% · expected 51.0% · 30 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +1.6

Supportgap to expected

Rakan61.5% · expected 51.1% · 39 g+10.4 ptSoloQ +1.9

Braum59.6% · expected 54.0% · 47 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +0.3

Rell62.2% · expected 55.7% · 37 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +0.3

Nautilus50.6% · expected 50.1% · 83 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -3.1

Lulu50.0% · expected 49.2% · 58 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Matchups and allies

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