Taliyah vs Fizz — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Taliyah against Fizz · 45.78% win rate over 675 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Taliyah owns 7 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Fizz: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Taliyah wins 45.78% of games vs Fizz in mid lane (675 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TaliyahYou win level 1: Fizz is melee with no waveclear and eats free Q poke walking up.
Level 2TaliyahAt level 2 you keep shoving him under tower, denying CS and XP.
Level 3TaliyahLevel 3 gives you W-E kill threat any time he steps up without his E ready.
Levels 4-5TaliyahThrough levels 4-5 you out-poke and out-shove him as long as you bait his untargetable E first.
Level 6TaliyahAt 6 you stay ahead by shoving and dodging his Chum the Waters shark with W or wall.
First itemTaliyahFirst item keeps you ahead as you out-range and roam while he farms melee.
Two+ itemsTaliyahWith two items your poke and roam lead holds, though his assassin scaling keeps it close.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 favour you: Fizz is melee with no waveclear, so poke him with Q on worked ground and shove him under tower to deny CS and XP.

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The full Taliyah vs Fizz 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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