Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.
Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.
Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Taliyah vs. Rumble matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rumble’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rumble..
Taliyah typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Rumble. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rumble, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes an ok counter for Rumble.
While Taliyah does have a lower winrate compared to Rumble, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Rumble.
Furthermore, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Rumble matchups, Rumble is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Taliyah is a somewhat poor counter for Rumble. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Rumble.
If you would like to truly master Taliyah in order to counter Rumble during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rumble. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taliyah versus Rumble build include Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Taliyah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Rumble than with many other typical builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Rumble with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Rumble as Taliyah, you should take 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 builds players picked for Taliyah vs Rumble counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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