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How to Win Kha'Zix vs Taliyah Counter MatchupKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions

Kha'Zix vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Kha'Zix

based on 1,321 Kha'Zix vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League games each and every week. In our database, Kha'Zix battled Taliyah in 1321 matches. With so many games with Kha'Zix vs Taliyah provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare useful data and a solid build to shatter your enemy. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Kha'Zix encounters Taliyah in only 1.2% of his games.

Kha'Zix vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Kha'Zix has done a good job of beating Taliyah. On average, he wins a whopping 52.1% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Kha'Zix against Taliyah matches, Kha'Zix’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Kha'Zix vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeMaw of MalmortiusEdge of Night

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeOpportunityVoltaic CycloswordProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Taliyah

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

Advice to Win Against Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Kha'Zix vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Taliyah Image
8.4
< Kills >
5.9
6.1
< Deaths >
6.6
5.8
< Assists >
8
1.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
25
< Minions Killed >
122
1.74
< Dragons Killed >
0.54
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.39
17,121
< Physical Damage >
744
1,040
< Magic Damage >
19,555
925
< True Damage >
1,005
19,087
< Damage Dealt >
21,305
32,769
< Damage Taken >
21,272
12,704
< Gold Earned >
11,899
1.04
< Towers >
1.57
0.38
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
16,210
< Total Healing >
4,182
13,798
< Experience >
14,028
24
< Vision Score >
23
5
< Wards Placed >
9
214
< Time Dealing CC >
535

How to Counter Taliyah with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some important Kha'Zix against Taliyah matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..

Kha'Zix typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Taliyah

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Taliyah?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually wins when taking on Taliyah, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Kha'Zix makes a good counter for Taliyah.

While Kha'Zix does have a higher winrate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kha'Zix into Taliyah.

Furthermore, Kha'Zix also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Taliyah matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kha'Zix is a good counter to Taliyah. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kha'Zix against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 1,321 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Taliyah as Kha'Zix comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix usually accumulates a lot less CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Taliyah build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Maw of Malmortius, and Edge of Night. When Kha'Zix used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Taliyah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average win rate of 52.1% battling Taliyah with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Taliyah as Kha'Zix, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kha'Zix vs Taliyah counters, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.

If you want to get Kha'Zix versus Taliyah tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all games completed with these champions.