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How to Win Taliyah vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Rek'Sai as Taliyah

based on 240 Taliyah vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. In our data, Taliyah faced Rek'Sai in 240 matches. With so many games with Taliyah vs Rek'Sai provides us faith in our capability to provide actionable stats and a recommended build to defeat your enemy. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Taliyah fights Rek'Sai in only 0.6% of her games.

Taliyah vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Taliyah has done a decent job of beating Rek'Sai. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Taliyah vs Rek'Sai matches, Taliyah’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Taliyah vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite 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

DominationDark HarvestTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Taliyah vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Rek'Sai Image
6.4
< Kills >
7.4
6.5
< Deaths >
6
8.1
< Assists >
6.9
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
109
< Minions Killed >
33
0.74
< Dragons Killed >
1.38
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.38
765
< Physical Damage >
13,257
20,433
< Magic Damage >
55
1,184
< True Damage >
3,271
22,383
< Damage Dealt >
16,583
20,907
< Damage Taken >
34,099
11,919
< Gold Earned >
11,608
1.53
< Towers >
1.33
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
4,635
< Total Healing >
16,487
13,760
< Experience >
13,045
24
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
531
< Time Dealing CC >
269

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Taliyah in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several critical Taliyah vs. Rek'Sai counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rek'Sai..

Taliyah typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Taliyah and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Taliyah or Rek'Sai?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually wins when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Taliyah makes a good counter to Rek'Sai.

While Taliyah does have a higher winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when on opposite teams, Taliyah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Rek'Sai.

Moreover, Taliyah has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Rek'Sai matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Taliyah is a decent counter for Rek'Sai. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Taliyah

Taliyah Loses Against

MaokaiMaokai43.7% winrateFizzFizz44.1% winrateTeemoTeemo44.2% winrateZiggsZiggs44.5% winrate

Taliyah Wins Against

AlistarAlistar55.8% winrateKalistaKalista55.1% winrateRenektonRenekton54.8% winrateYuumiYuumi54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NocturneNocturne+ 54.1% 1433 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 54.3% 184 GamesTaricTaric+ 55.2% 402 GamesIvernIvern+ 55.9% 290 Games

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Taliyah, we analyzed 240 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 Rek'Sai 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.

Other Useful Resources

Taliyah Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Taliyah to counter Rek'Sai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah often picks up much more CS relative to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Taliyah versus Rek'Sai build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Rek'Sai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Rek'Sai as Taliyah, you should take the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Taliyah vs Rek'Sai face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.

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