Taliyah vs Qiyana — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Taliyah against Qiyana · 51.24% win rate over 443 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Taliyah is favoured — Taliyah owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Qiyana's 2. Taliyah wins 51.24% of games vs Qiyana in mid lane (443 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TaliyahLevel 1 you outrange Qiyana with Threaded Volley and Worked Ground.
Level 2TaliyahAt 2 your Q poke keeps her off the wave before she has any engage.
Level 3TaliyahLevel 3 your ranged trades beat her melee elemental Q.
Levels 4-5TaliyahThrough 4-5 you zone her off farm with poke and she can't all-in without R.
Level 6QiyanaAt 6 her R stun plus elemental burst can one-shot you from a wall or brush.
First itemQiyanaHer first-item plus R roam-assassin spike lets her delete you if you misposition.
Two+ itemsTaliyahWith 2+ items your ranged burst and Weaver's Wall peel outscale her whiff-punishable engage.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Pre-6 you own this lane: Threaded Volley on Worked Ground pokes her every time she steps to farm, and she has no reliable engage without her ultimate. Keep the wave central and deny her the brush and wall angles she needs. She's forced to soak chip damage or miss CS.

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The full Taliyah vs Qiyana 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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