Taliyah vs Annie — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Taliyah against Annie · 49.06% win rate over 318 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Taliyah owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Annie's 1, but the win rate still favours Annie: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Taliyah wins 49.06% of games vs Annie in mid lane (318 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TaliyahLevel 1 favors you: Q massively out-ranges her Disintegration.
Level 2TaliyahLevel 2 you press poke and shove her off the wave.
Level 3TaliyahLevel 3 your worked-ground poke chunks her as she farms.
Levels 4-5TaliyahLevels 4-5 you own the lane with uncontested range advantage.
Level 6AnnieLevel 6 tips to Annie: a primed Tibbers stun-burst can kill you if you overstep.
First itemTaliyahWith first item you out-poke again as long as you respect her stun window.
Two+ itemsTaliyahLate, range plus wall and E disengage keep her engage off you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You dominate the early lane: Q out-ranges everything Annie has, so you poke her freely and shove her under tower while she struggles to farm.

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The full Taliyah vs Annie report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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