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How to Win Xayah vs Taliyah Counter MatchupXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Xayah in LoLXayah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Xayah

based on 636 Xayah vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Xayah faced Taliyah 636 times. With so many matchups for Xayah versus Taliyah provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide informative data and a solid build to defeat your enemy. This matchup is somewhat rare. Xayah has to counter Taliyah in only 1.1% of her matches.

Xayah vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah has done a terrible job of beating Taliyah. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.9% of games the champions battle one another in. In Xayah against Taliyah matches, Xayah’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Taliyah.

Best Xayah vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

StormrazorLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
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Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Xayah

Tips for Playing as Xayah against Taliyah

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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!

Xayah vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Taliyah Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.6
6.2
< Deaths >
6
5.9
< Assists >
8.6
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
183
< Minions Killed >
126
0.28
< Dragons Killed >
0.51
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,610
< Physical Damage >
762
372
< Magic Damage >
21,574
333
< True Damage >
1,154
19,315
< Damage Dealt >
23,492
20,393
< Damage Taken >
20,607
11,830
< Gold Earned >
12,284
2.24
< Towers >
1.93
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,664
< Total Healing >
4,199
12,608
< Experience >
14,306
18
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
9
53
< Time Dealing CC >
544

How to Counter Taliyah with Xayah in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Xayah vs. Taliyah matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..

Xayah often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Xayah and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Xayah
Taliyah

Who is Better, Xayah or Taliyah?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a poor counter for Taliyah.

While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Taliyah, when facing one another, Xayah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Taliyah.

Moreover, Xayah also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Xayah is a bad counter for Taliyah. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Xayah, we analyzed 636 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 Xayah 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 Xayah to counter Taliyah during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Xayah on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Taliyah. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Xayah versus Taliyah build consist of Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Taliyah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Taliyah with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Taliyah as Xayah, Xayah players should take 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 runes players picked for Xayah vs Taliyah counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.

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