How to win lane as Taliyah against Talon · 47.94% win rate over 801 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Taliyah | Level 1 you outrange Talon with Threaded Volley on Worked Ground. |
| Level 2 | Taliyah | At 2 your poke keeps him off farm before his assassin power. |
| Level 3 | Taliyah | Level 3 your ranged Q and E zone him and beat his W poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Taliyah | Through 4-5 you build a lead while he can't all-in profitably. |
| Level 6 | Talon | At 6 his R-W-Q assassin combo gives him a lethal all-in. |
| First item | Talon | His first lethality item makes his dive and roams delete you. |
| Two+ items | Taliyah | With 2+ items your E-detonation and Weaver's Wall outrange his single-target dive. |
You win the early lane: Threaded Volley on Worked Ground outranges his W (Rake) and pokes him whenever he steps to farm. Zone him off CS with your Q and E, and keep the wave in a spot where his gap-close costs him. He can't all-in you profitably before 6, so build a chunk lead in the first levels.
The full Taliyah vs Talon 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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