Sivir vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Sivir
based on 564 Sivir vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Taliyah
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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!
Sivir vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Sivir versus Taliyah matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..
Sivir normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Sivir or Taliyah?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually wins when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Sivir makes a good counter to Taliyah.
While Sivir does have a higher winrate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sivir into Taliyah.
Additionally, Sivir also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Taliyah matchups, Sivir is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sivir is a decent counter to Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir most often accumulates more CS relative to Taliyah. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sivir versus Taliyah build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Taliyah than with most other common builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Taliyah as Sivir, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Sivir vs Taliyah counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taliyah as Sivir are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.