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How to Win Taliyah vs Illaoi Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Illaoi

How to Beat Illaoi as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Illaoi as Taliyah

based on 673 Taliyah vs Illaoi matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our data, Taliyah fought Illaoi in 673 matches. Including so many games with Taliyah versus Illaoi provides us confidence in our ability to produce useful data and a recommended build to smash Illaoi. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Taliyah has to counter Illaoi in only 1.6% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Illaoi Matchup Summary

Taliyah does a decent job of countering Illaoi. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.6% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Taliyah vs Illaoi matches, Taliyah’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Illaoi.

Best Taliyah vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentRabadon's DeathcapSeraph's EmbraceZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Illaoi

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Win Against Illaoi

Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.

When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.

Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.

Taliyah vs Illaoi Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Illaoi Image
6.3
< Kills >
5
6.2
< Deaths >
6.7
8.5
< Assists >
4
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
126
< Minions Killed >
193
0.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.55
801
< Physical Damage >
23,044
22,293
< Magic Damage >
819
1,191
< True Damage >
368
24,285
< Damage Dealt >
24,231
21,352
< Damage Taken >
35,723
12,197
< Gold Earned >
11,890
1.65
< Towers >
2.73
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,372
< Total Healing >
8,561
14,441
< Experience >
15,249
22
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
569
< Time Dealing CC >
438

How to Counter Illaoi with Taliyah in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several critical Taliyah against Illaoi counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Taliyah often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Taliyah and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Illaoi

Who is Better, Taliyah or Illaoi?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually wins when taking on Illaoi, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes a good counter to Illaoi.

While Taliyah does have a higher win rate compared to Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Illaoi.

Additionally, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Illaoi matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Taliyah is a decent counter to Illaoi. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Illaoi.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Illaoi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Illaoi as Taliyah, we analyzed 673 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 Illaoi as Taliyah 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah in order to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah most often racks up less CS relative to Illaoi. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Taliyah versus Illaoi build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Illaoi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Illaoi with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Illaoi as Taliyah, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Taliyah vs Illaoi LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Taliyah vs Illaoi tips and counter stats for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all games run with both champions.