Takilah likes yasuo in the lore. And thats enough to make me hate her lol

@leodiusd4858

3 жыл бұрын

Bold choice of words for someone within last breath range

@josefarias5216

3 жыл бұрын

In the lore Yasuo is a chill guy, if a bit drunk, but he's cool

@jeluenhayo2410

3 жыл бұрын

@@leodiusd4858 given the range of this ultimate - you're almost always in a Last Breath range :D

@rosheacarrington1604

3 жыл бұрын

@@leodiusd4858 malzahar passive go brrr

@HalfTangible

3 жыл бұрын

Well... she learned from him about how to control her powers. He didn't teach her the double-crit passive ;)

Hey, a Taliyah one-trick here. Thanks a lot for making the video, i agree with the most points you said. At the begging with her, i was afraid to even use the ult, because it could lock my teammates in a bad spot (and that's exactly what happened when i did). But her unpopularity can also be a good thing since like a year ago, an enemy player typed: "i have never played against Taliyah, lol" into all chat. Thank u stranger for reading my comment.

@rrteppo

3 жыл бұрын

My issue with Taliyah is she changed between Mid and jungle way too much. Not because the game changed, but because Riot changed her abilities. At that point it felt like riot was punishing me for trying to learn her, and so I don't want to go back. Instead I would just play a character like Ahri who has been viable in the position for a long time without riot changing her mechanics to move her role.

@donalddank9070

3 жыл бұрын

I was smurfing with taliyah as i usually do the other day. Somone typed in all chat ''Taliyah players are very rare''. That gave me powers unlike any other

@BlaxeFrost-X

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Taliyah Main wannabe but actually a Jack of (almost) all trades... may i get some advice from you to effectively use taliyah? I usually do very good work with skillshots and in the teamfights but everything i learned about her is mostly from experience and intuition, is there some kind of trick for the early game when ganking or farming? I'm one of those guys who usually die in the jungle due to bad hp management with more fragile champions INSTAEDIT: and by "usually" i mean, more often than most, but not a lot, like 5 to 10 times a year if i play jungle often

@donalddank9070

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlaxeFrost-X getting comfortable kiting to full potential, using your abilities corretly/leveling the right ability depending on where you start your clear, smite usage etc. These are the things you may need to focus on on your first clear as taliyah. You tend to get a little low on hp on your first clear. But you should never die. try to getting hit as little as possible by the camps. Rememver that your E slows. Honostly you cant teach someone exactly how to do it over a youtube comment. Just practice in practice tool and watch Challenger replays.

@dreamsunfinished9512

3 жыл бұрын

@@donalddank9070 afraid of anyone that is not bronze? lmao

Something about Taliyah I feel that makes her less appealing is although she has a lot of skins there is not a lot of variety. Aside from classic Taliyah you can get blue Taliyah, blue Taliyah 2, or blue Taliyah 3

@choncc9222

3 жыл бұрын

Blue Taliyah 1, 2, and 3 LMAO

@Firellius

3 жыл бұрын

She doesn't have a lot of skins at all. She went three years without getting one. Pool Party is the first real skin she got.

@Senayoshy

3 жыл бұрын

a lot of skins?.... bruh i dont think you realize that her poolparty skin was her first real skin in years, if we discount her SSG skin which was only made because they won then she only has 2 lmao

@freshlymemed5680

3 жыл бұрын

@@Firellius Just more proof that Riot likes to milk the popular champs. Ornn finally got a 3rd skin after all these years.

@defnotstef

3 жыл бұрын

At least they gave us chromas......

Taliyah is such an amazing champion and it pains me that not many people play her

@luca-xu9yn

3 жыл бұрын

but she is a common pick in high elo korea

@hiddenprankz09

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t play her often, but on occasion I will and enjoy her. She’s a good champion design. As intended, she’s not some blonde bimbo or atypical league female character. I respect them for making her like that and that’s also part of the appeal but also that detracts from the common appeal. I should play her a bit more, I really only do when we need AP. But she deserves more than that. I play most of the champions on this series sadly ahah

@seanv42

3 жыл бұрын

She was my favorite mid, but she was gutted to much for me to use her. I was not a good mid.

@shadowdecidueye3537

3 жыл бұрын

i really would love to play her but i cant if i die to krugs ;-;

@moonlight8451

3 жыл бұрын

as a taliyah main i must say that recently i have been finding a good amount of success with her *on mid , cause i dont play jg* and im quite happy

You and Exil make the best League content. Actual structured discussions instead of character "guides" that are just a 30 minute live game commentary

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

That means a lot to hear, but Exil is in a caliber of his own. I'm not quite at his level of quality and production yet :P

@ardaerkul9135

3 жыл бұрын

@@VarsVerum not yet.

@metaloom

3 жыл бұрын

@@VarsVerum I'd beg to differ. The only significant difference between you is video length, but you make up for that by posting more than once every two months....which in my humble opinion makes you the superior youtuber xP

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

@@metaloom I appreciate that :) but Exil definitely performs better individually in terms of production quality per video, even if he uploads at a slower pace. Making 40-60 minute long videos with that level of editing takes way more time than you think.

@tylerd80495

3 жыл бұрын

@@metaloom Yeah, no offense to Vars. I prefer his more fun style of videos and pace of uploading but Exil's production and research are unparalleled. He'll pull up obscure ass tweets by pros or specific footage from a 2015 tournament to show when a champion was OP. If Exil is S tier then Vars is probably B+ to A as far as quality. But the consistency makes him better for me.

Because riot decided that she’s not a midlaner but she’s a jungler . Rip Taliyah aoe q

@naseweis7821

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the one point of this video where I disagree. It's not entirely the players fault that she is unpopular, don't forget the fact that they forcefully changed her identity. Creating a champion for a role and then nerfing her in that role and pushing her into another after a few years obviously creates a problem within her playerbase.

@Betroid

3 жыл бұрын

Remember wen graves was an adc senna was a adc and seraphine was a support

@vairrow324

3 жыл бұрын

@@naseweis7821 Yeah I agree and it is not like she is even popular in jungle either except when she is broken due to her fast clear.

@naseweis7821

3 жыл бұрын

@@vairrow324 exactly, but didn't even some rioter state that they did that on purpose because she was So much popular after they put her in the jungle? that "popularity" was thanks to her buffs and not the role change, which we can definitely see after they nerfed her again.

@milanesadearsenico

3 жыл бұрын

@@Betroid as a senna main and also in senna mains servers, we don't have any problem with adc nerfs for her

Goddammit, this is another champ I feel like picking up now. For the same reason as Kled: playing around her spell's passive cooldown sounds so interesting, and her ultimate is pretty flexible. She also fits into my three favorite roles. I think I just like champs with a lot of micro-management. Azir, Kalista, Kindred, now Kled, and Taliya.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Pick her up! She's a great champion to play :3

Because she's the only hero that get's punished for simply trying to play the game. Oh you used your Q once ? Well screw you, you can't use it on this large area again for like half the match. Other champions might have flaws or counters, but only she has her damage taken away as a feature.

@theteamxxx3142

3 жыл бұрын

Her q CD is 2 sec at max rank the problem is that she was a mid laner with aoe Q but then they reworked her into a jungler and nerfed her . She’s decent now but got nerfed some patches ago

@rdsasuke1

3 жыл бұрын

@@theteamxxx3142 Either they removed the worked ground mechanic she had or you didn't understand what i was complaining about.

@theteamxxx3142

3 жыл бұрын

@@rdsasuke1 the ground debuff got buffed some time ago ( more MS and last less )

@ewiky

3 жыл бұрын

@@theteamxxx3142 The duration of worked ground doesn't really affect her at all. It will never be low enough to be used in the same spot twice in 1 fight, but it goes away by the next fight. Also idk what u talking about MS on worked ground? thats her passive it works anywhere

@colinduchilio4052

3 жыл бұрын

@@ewiky The worked ground also actually gives her additional move speed, in addition to her passive. It's not a lot, but it's there.

So taliyah needs to play 4D chess while everoyne else wants to play soccer. Got it.

@freshlymemed5680

3 жыл бұрын

Shes already one parallel universe ahead of everyone

@fimbulvetr6129

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone’s learning to walk at the same time she’s rock surfing

Let's sum it up this way. Taliyah would be a great pick if this game was actually balanced.

@moonlight8451

3 жыл бұрын

exactly - she has clear weak and strong sides....unlike some champs in the current meta (i wont say names cause i would have to write a whole day)

@noathern

2 жыл бұрын

@@moonlight8451 your and yasuo still come to mind

I love this champion so much that i even ahve dedicated account just to play her, mainly Mid/support

@Cat-kv7jo

3 жыл бұрын

Thats funny, becouse I have an account named "Talyah gaming" and yes, I forgot i in taliyah

@mathieuchanussot1937

3 жыл бұрын

So i am not alone to play her supp I find her very good at the role with poke,burst and her roams are increadible

@jmoa5758

3 жыл бұрын

LOL that's kind of sad

@ramandiezo

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmoa5758 Talking of you ?

@rihardsluu

3 жыл бұрын

Taliyah is weak support, sorry.

It's simple, she has a unique play style that takes a lot of time to master. So many easier junglers that are way easier and less demanding. She's really fun to play though!

@oceanman7336

3 жыл бұрын

I started picking up taliyah lately and yes she is fun to play albeit a bit odd to learn, but she really helps if you want to learn to correctly roam to other lanes

@hashiramar4368

3 жыл бұрын

She contributes a lot in every teamfights it's either you flank or set-up your enemies with your ult, burst squishy targets or just skirmishing with your q that has less cd.

I love how u said ROCKY history lol.I saw what u did there.

@HighLanderPonyYT

3 жыл бұрын

She didn't even get into the ring or anything.

@flameofmage1099

3 жыл бұрын

So I'm not the only one?

I mained Taliyah back when she released and honestly the removal of AOE on her Q was a huge nerf for her that she never recovered from. Also despite her being a more modern champion her kit always felt somewhat clunky to use, especially her W. Nowadays I think she's actually really good in mid lane though, especially in low elo where no one knows how to play against her.

@Orgrimmar21

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, she struggles a lot vs high mobility assasins like Zed/Yone or LB and long range artillery champs like Lux. She is ok against mid range midlaners like Lissandra, Viktor tho

"the highest damage on a basic ability" -Corki package: am I a joke to you?

@IYPITWL

3 жыл бұрын

he actually puts cooldown in the damage equation... si package aint the one

@colddorito

3 жыл бұрын

Rumble's q heat gauge >50%: am I the whole ass circus???

@DevourerDragons

3 жыл бұрын

meanwhile Sivir Q with 260% AD ratio

@toopink4death492

3 жыл бұрын

@@xxmateturboxx5800 She puts out alot of damage at level 1, compared to something like sion that requires a wind up before max damage.

I remember I asked for this in one of your poles that contained azir, I’m so happy I finally get to see my girl taliyah get some time to shine

as a taliyah main since her release and otp since s8, I think that her problem comes from the fact that she was designed to be a roaming mid laner but ended up being pushed into the jungle. Her original Q was more intended to be used for poke but save on mana and cd, this not becoming a major issue in team fights because it made it so that you could fight on worked ground with less overall damage but able to maintain a solid dps as you got the first hit of her q off every time on a very spamable ability with aoe. I think the best thing riot could do for her as a champion is to find a way to merge the current q with the old one to keep her as a mid/jungle option but play more in line with her original kit.

@Orgrimmar21

2 жыл бұрын

Give back her Q aoe dmg and just reduce her dmg to monster so she doesn't become a clear jungle challenger

Took me a while to pinpoint that Fire Emblem: Fates music. Got that nostalgic DS feeling throughout the entire video, loved it :)

She was my favorite champion when she was released, i used to have so much fun with her, like Zoe levels of fun, but once they changed the way her W was casted and removed the AOE Q i stopped playing her completely. Now she is one of my worst champions and i will miss her forever 😢

Kindred, Azir and now Taliyah, man you're listing down all the characters I play

it seems like worked ground mechanic being a huge handicap is her biggest problem so the new changes to her q should rise her popularity since now instead of being a handicap it changes her q and the fact that her e now stuns people who dash trough removes another problem she faced

I just want to say this video got me VERY interested in Taliyah months ago and now I can play them mid and its awesome so thanks for making this

Loved and will continue to main this champ. So saitsfying to see the video and to hear enemy junglers compliment you on playing unique junglers.

Just my Experience with Taliyah : I used to onetrick her and climb like crazy back in the days where she had the aoe Q. When it got removed i almost entirely forget she was even existing.

Her worked ground mechanic got a huge buff, instead of 45s cd its now 25s and instead of a 450 units radius for the effect, it got reduced to 300 units

I've never been more excited for a KZread video

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Hope I do you proud! :D

Bruh i gotta say her Seismic Shove is one of the hardest abilities to land for new mains. Sure it has the same delay on Cho's Rupture, but thats only if u can input the location AND direction fast enough, and trying to not only mentally calculate where you want the target to go and where they will be in 1 second is NOT easy, sometimes the target won't move when u expect them to, and sometimes in a different direction. Having to juggle those two variables while trying to cast the spell fast is pretty difficult for new users. So in theory its intuitive, but in actual practice its anything BUT, that. Basically her low playrate comes down to her tools just being really hard to use if u don't know how to use them correctly, like u said u have to have MASSIVE amounts of game knowledge to be effective with her...and many people would rather just play an easy champ they can face roll with.

Can’t wait to enjoy this one.

Imagine if we got Why NO ONE Plays: Braum... Even Unbreakable wouldn't block all that "WHAT ?!!"

Thank you Afro we appreciate your choice and the editing.

Taliyah is what we know as a downward spiral of popularity and power She's unpopular because her gameplay is weird and her aesthetics is just Middle Eastern Toph (not the most inspiring fantasy when the vast majority of players are East Asian) so since she's not popular she doesn't get buffs or skins, so she stays weak, and since she stays weak less people are interested in playing her, meaning she'll get more weak and so on and so on It's similar to Aurelion Sol, he's VERY unpopular, specially in the various East Asian servers so he never gets buffed, so he becomes even more unpopular, so he never gets buffed so he, etc etc

i love your videos . they're very insightful . thank you for all the hard work you put into them !

Do you consider Xerath to be an Unpopular champion despite having the highest popularity compared to Ziggs and Vel’koz? Because I wonder, what is the exact play rate numbers would you consider to be unpopular? Personally I consider someone who has around 100,000 matches in Iron to be unpopular. Yeah that isn’t playrate, but often I see match numbers to be consistent with their pick rate.

I'd love to know what your thoughts are now that she received her mini rework. She feels a lot better to play imo

@BlueDandyLyon

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! last year I could barely play her at all, now I am fed every time I play her. I LOVE her new q and e.

Karthus and Taliyah being the only Battlemage junglers? Malzahar Jungle players rise up.

@Nintega2K

3 жыл бұрын

Um, is it actually starting to become somewhat OK?

@someoneusedtobeknown2645

3 жыл бұрын

Jungle Brand..?

@massimosoreca3575

3 жыл бұрын

Lillia and fiddle? (And i also play neeko jungle, with dark harvest her damage is crazy)

@MrLuzakman

3 жыл бұрын

Morgana jungle

@theclingyfox7899

3 жыл бұрын

RIP AD malz jungle tho :

Absolutely love the vids, your channel is criminally underrated.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

wow this was a really interesting and informational video! nice work :D

Taliyah Mid Main here is sad because you are so correct, but still happy because she is not banned or picked very much. So I get to enjoy playing her often :D

WOW Vars this was really interesting! You definitely hit on the reason i didn't put much time into her (the worked ground). But the part that charged the diodes for me was when you said she is a macro and methodical champion. Think Graves is so cool and Ekko, but my mechanics are turraaash. But i feel i am a better macro player than micro player. And you pose her strengths of being able to move around them map quickly (i like speed), Global ult (more speed), and very high damage Q means that she's not a weak champ. I think you've convinced me to give her a try, seriously this time. Plus she's a unique champ. Like Azir (who i've wanted to play forever). Wonderful! Thank you Vars. Thank you Editor.

I really enjoyed this video. Right before this video came out I got a skin for taliyah from a re roll and was thinking about trying her out. I tried her out and now she is my favorite champ in the game

mfw my only main left for him to cover in the "why no one plays" is lissandra: 🤡🤡🤡🤡

@williemshitner5466

3 жыл бұрын

She always pops up in pro play.

@VortexHaze

3 жыл бұрын

I feel attacked just a tiny bit. I play literally only all the champs on this list except a few. But if lissandra was disrespected like that 🕵

@masene4121

3 жыл бұрын

And the upcoming video is on Lissandra now xdd

@myrosclayton4737

3 жыл бұрын

@@masene4121 o h f u k

2070: Why no one plays Darius

@emanuelstornello8009

3 жыл бұрын

If I live to see that moment it will be a 24h party for a whole week at my house

@kutugliding5718

3 жыл бұрын

@@emanuelstornello8009 but that mean there will be way more annoying champions to replace darius

@notanansi7628

3 жыл бұрын

20XX: Why no one plays Viego

Will you ever make a series/episode on you designing your own champions as if they were to be thrown into League of Legends today? I have personally been recreationally designing MOBA champs in a Leagueish way for about 1.5-2 years so I'd love to hear your approach to designing kits.

Hey, this is pretty good. You're underrated; I hope you get more visibility.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :D I'm working towards it haha!

The best way I can put it is that Taliyah's main burst is about as reliable as a crossmap Sion ult. You aren't hitting them without your team handing it to you for free, and if your champ can't have any potential without some specific champions like TF you won't get played.

Well, it's sad that you only talk about the jungle Taliyah when a few of us still manage to find ways to go mid :/

@charlesvincent2117

3 жыл бұрын

assassins ruin mid lane, even if they ddn't, tanks would ruin late game. dmg falls off so hard, one draven Q late game will heal the dmg he took from your entire combo. its tough out here for a pimp. i'm honestly glad i stopped playing this champ. something like prerework asol/velkoz/veigar scale harder and make it easier to climb lower elos.

@user-mf8nu5qe5f

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck on climbing with her

1tricking taliyah support is a blast. support feels like a natural fit for her. her early damage is actually insanely high if you're not constantly on the verge of going OOM or dying just from trying to last hit. And, like you said in this video, she's incredibly macro intensive, which is exactly what support maine are usually about! In terms of being able to limit test and push the pace of games to insane degrees, there's really no support that comes close. You could say the same about battle mages and mages in general, taliyah is faster, more micro intensive, and more adrenaline fueled than most casters, who usually try to play at a very controlled pace. When she goes "WOHOO," you really feel it." Excited for the rework, even though i'm worried it will force her out of support, i think that the changes to her passive and ultimate in particular will make her much more intuitive and versatile, and the W change will help her stay relevant if she falls behind on damage output

@valli4951

2 жыл бұрын

I used to play her on support a lot, now that I've starting playing her again she doesn't really feel that great in support a lot since she deals 0 damage early on, plus she isn't as good for roaming early anymore. I miss the old taliyah and the oneshots but this new taliyah makes it so you don't have to make plays early on that much, you can just farm and scale really well, right now maybe too well. I play her mostly mid now, she's pretty fun!

nice gragas ult on kindred ult that was a sick play 3:50

Your editing is on point, your thumbnails are great, your audio is crisp, your videos are interesting, the pacing is also good, and your accent is nice

@VarsVerum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks haha XD

@kiddo6393

2 жыл бұрын

@@VarsVerum Keep up the good work, I just wanted to tell you you're appreciated

where's the "why noone plays j4?? Haven't seen that champ since I played him in free rotation, and before that once in a sej j4 bot lane comp... and never before that...

@cliff9092

3 жыл бұрын

Yea idk why either I love j4 he is strong asf. But slept on heavy. Great ganking and can chase down ppl easy.

@rodrigoportalesoliva897

3 жыл бұрын

I love J4 too! But I think it's cause he's more utility and less damage than other characters in the jungle. Like, all of his abilities carry a bit of utility in them, but unless you build lethality, you have a hard time outdamaging more oppressive/all-in characters, like Kindred, Graves, Olaf, Hecarim. It's not impossible, but Jarvan shines better in a fight alongside allies than by himself. And in solo q, you can only trust yourself with stuff, most of the time. But I'm iron, so don't take my word too seriously lmao

@BLeePrit

3 жыл бұрын

​@@rodrigoportalesoliva897 As an adc main i'm really glad the assassin J4 meta is over. I could deal with Zed's jumping on me way more than J4 3 shotting me before I could move once.

Your videos rekindled that feeling I got watching league videos back when I first started playing, amazing content!

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

2016 imaqtpie was truly the golden age... Q~Q

I think coming back to her would be good because even though her mid-scope update addressed a lot of the downsides talked about in the video, her pick rate is still quite low.

i love your videos ! keep this amazing work can u do galio ?

These videos make me wanna buy these champs and play them so good work your completing your objective haha anyways great content

Keep this editor, the guy is good.

i had a ton of success with taliyah mid when her q had aoe. hasnt been the same since :( it was a fun time

Great video! Thank you for making it 😄

at 7:47 as a top lane player this crushed me.... Renekton got Taliyah a double kill and she just HAD to ruin that perfect slow push into freeze for Renekton.... UGH. Great vid though :)

I love your content. Keep up the amazing work!!!

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Will do! I have good friends to thank for helping improve my work :D

I loved Taliyah when her Q had that small explosion when she'd hit something. When that was removed it killed the champion completely for me

Hey there, i just found your channel and im enjoying your content quite a lot. Also i noticed that you havent made a similar video on warwick. Even in gold elo i very rarely see the enemies pick or ban warwick and he is basically nonexistent in high elo and pro play. Do you think it would be interesting to make a video on him? Keep up the good work btw.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Warwick has been on my mind for a bit :)

About Taliyah's W being the only ability in the game where you can choose where they're knocked back to I'd say Azir ult has the same kind of function. Not sure if it's the exact same thing, but you can choose which way to place it during a shurima shuffle.

What's the site featured at 3:34 that shows expanded info about skills?

It’d be awesome if there was a way to interact with the warped ground. Maybe make it unwarped or have some sort of bonus or interaction with another ability

Awesome video! Will you make a Neeko one?

Great video! You should do one on Lissandra, her highest pick rate is 2.2% in plat.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Working on it!

Taliyah is such a wonderful champion. So different and so unique... I love her.

These videos are great!! Have you considered doing one of these for Yuumi? She's a great Champion that honestly gets really underrated all the time. She also has a low pick rate.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Yuumi?! //ptsd flashbacks intensify

It's a good day today! Two Taliyah videos yours and HappyChimeNoises. Felt like you partnered haha

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Coincidence I assure you :P

I would play Taliyah if her W didn't feel like such a weird spell to use for me.

@donalddank9070

3 жыл бұрын

yeah. U need to use normal cast instead of quick cast on it. Its one of those rare abilities that needs normal cast to not feel weird

@adam-ns1he

3 жыл бұрын

@@donalddank9070 from a tal otp this is the complete opposite LMAO. you need it on quick cast for instant reactions to follow up on CC

@donalddank9070

3 жыл бұрын

@@adam-ns1he to each his own I guess. I play like that and im plat

@adam-ns1he

3 жыл бұрын

@@donalddank9070 1 input vs 2. that time it takes will cost you in the long run giving people time to flash etc

@shaniqua2789

3 жыл бұрын

@@donalddank9070 no, definitely quick cast

legitimately the most fun character in the game, so rewarding to play

Before the video premiers my personal take on taliyah. So i think she's a case of the devs werent really sure of what they wanted to make. And it took the community to actually design and adapt the champ into what she is now. Like she was supposed to be a mid lane mage that focused on roaming up and down the river but obviously that didnt work out cuz she didnt have consistent wave clear and her passive madr using her main damage ability really hard to use in the enclosed space of a lane. She was a top lanet for some time i beleieve but not too great there until she finally ended up in the champion junkyard which is jg. Jglers r always looking for champs to add to the jg since the roles so tight and im honedtly glad she found a spot there. Ive tried picking her up into my jg pool and one of the main things i noticed about her is she's a very high skill high reward champ. But if ur any less under that skill u get almost no value from her and in some cases get punished extremely hard. Like learning her is a lot like learning katarina or akali or irelia where u have to play atleast around 100 games to fully understand and get used to the micro in her kit to a playable level but unlike the previously mentioned she's not a laner she's a jgler. And inting to learn u can get away with on a lot of laners but inting as a jgler sets ur entire team back (jg diff amirite) so theres already a negative stigma against her cuz of her high skill cap theres also the matter of her utility and damage output her abilities are very clunky and lock u into only being able to damage ppl in certain areas/directions. Its admitably a hell of a lot of damage especially the q which has a low cool down but on their own they feel very clunky unless u weave it into her bread and butter combo weq for a complete one shot which is extremely satisfying to use. So its a case of either u can consistently hit her micro down to a tea or ur missing out on a hell of a lot of damage. Then there's her ult. Theres honestly a weird like drawback to none damaging mage ults. They r honestly some of the most op ults in the game from a macro stand point but it also pushes away ppl from the champ if they cant get the most of the macro. Like for example a lot of times youll see ppl playing tf or ryze and they simply use their ults to just tp back in lane if they arent using tp even tho they have insane roam potential and can be at almost anywhere on the map with their ults. Its as if if the ult doesnt deal damage ppl dont really get the satisfaction of leveling and hitting the 6/11/16 power spikes of other mage champs like say kassadin who is literally defined by his huge damaging ulty. So overall a combination of champion identity crisis upon release, the champion itself gatekeeping ppl through its kit, and the lack of satisfaction within her design outside of the one shot combo makes taliyah very off putting to ppl trying to learn her. This is all suggestive ofc and my personal observations. Im currently learning taliyah cuz i find her extremely fun to play and i like her kit and design but i cant say i dont see the constant restrictions i feel hen im playing her.

Firstly great video. I have my own idea why taliyah is not play much (she does not have another female champion assets...) and I can agree about almost every point except one. You see I main tali on top, and I can pretty confidently say that she is great in that role (I got diamond I with her last season) that is why I can't agree about that the one rock shot q is a curse, I think it is a blessing! Because of that I can easily farm and poke enemy laner dealing high dmg using almost no mana, which means that tali does not have all mages problem from early game - lack of mana. Ofcourse there is a risk that enemy will shorten the distance, that's why as my key rune I use speed bust from sorcery after three attacks, which are easy to land when enemy Darius/Garen/Fiora/any other champ try to attack. And if you are experienced enough it is easy to catch the fresh ground to deal max combo dmg. To get better sustain add bloody hunter rune and you get Perfect toplaner. : winner in every (except zed, kassaidyn and tryndamere but the last one is just banned every game) one v one duel, super sustainable (after one kill) toplaner with high mobility in late, great ganks in early and midgame and much, much bigger dmg output than any other toplaner (roughly 100k dmg in 35 minutes game). It's worth to add that the Spanish inquisition is more expected on top than her, so people even don't know how she works, or how to fight her.

Does thresh flay count as a directional displacement tool?

Q: gain a charge every 15 sec, holds 3/3/3/4/5 charges, if first boulder hits a monster throw 2 more boulders and the ground around her becomes worked for 45 sec.(maybe add +1 charge per 100 ap) W: add charge ability to knock enemies in target direction, failing to charge just knocks up but is faster. E: add ring of boulders around where she was that cause cc duration based on how many boulders dashed over.

Is there a list where we can find planned/upcoming WNOPs and WEOPs (I feel like it was mentioned before)? I wanted to see if there was one for Graves.

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

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Hey, are you going to make a video about Taliyah's Mid-Scope Rework? I'd love to watch it as a Taliyah player that played both version of the champion and hear your take on it. I greatly enjoyed Taliyah's early kill pressure with the old Taliyah by being able to all in mid laners level 3 or level 3 ganking as a jungler. But there is not such a thing anymore. Now the champion is better in other areas as opposed to early kill pressure. It was extremely fun, I'll truly miss the old Taliyah but thankfully the new one is just as good as the old one. Hence why I'm not complaining. She is actually viable in both the mid lane and jungle as opposed to her old rework where she was a jungle/support. I felt a little nostalgic even though this wasn't so long ago, thank you for the video!

Excelent video with an emphasis on Taliyah's main priority: position. Both in the teamfight and in the game in general. Just one note: Master Yi is anything BUT *early game* skirmisher. Yi notably struggles before getting his ultimate - has only 1 gap-close tool without follow up. Pre-level 6 Yi loses to Taliyah (and, actually, lots of junglers) really hard just because if they are in a bad spot when meeting him - they will just run away from Yi. Master can only burst them if their HP is too low, but then again every jungler can do that, so it doesn't count. Master Yi is post-6 champ, not early.

With warped ground, I think either make the duration lessen based on generation (hard to explain what I mean there) or have it be like Fresh, mid, aged, or something where the older the ground, the less hindering

Ive watched this and rewatched recently. Do you do updates to your videos? Im a tali main for sure, since release then a break when she got shifted to jungle but she became my ap jungler. and here we are years later. So now with those HUGE buffs she got a few months back she is def in a way better spot. Any way you can maybe do like a side update is she still in a terrible spot now that worked ground is basically half the cd

Why no one plays aatrox? It could be an interesting video if we take into consideration his rework and how riot seems to hate the champion suggestions asside: great video as always

tbh i was expecting this video to come out

Actually excited for this one -- I love taliyah as a champion, but she just feels bad to play

Taliyah is one of those champs that riot periodically guts. I had a lot of fun playing her in the jungle last season (Rylias first kite queen)

i fucking love her. She's one of the hardest champs to play but also one of the most fun ones. It's just so fucking good to trap enemies and teammates with the ultimate

This video is so relaxing To watch, good content

@VarsVerum

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D glad you enjoyed it~

Been waiting on this one 👏 - Taliyah support main

correct me if I'm wrong, but Isn't Taliyah more of a burst/control than a battle mage?

This brings me enjoyment

is the song from fire emblem fates?

The fire emblem fates ost in the back ground omg

My answer to the current meta and Yone! No more dashes! Plus a great personality and face, it’s something else than perfect model faces.

Did not think I would like this video but I did, I agree with most of your points, she is a great champion and a great mid laner and has been for a long time, the key to playing her is not being stuck in the mentality of being a battle mage, she is more optimally played with a burst roaming mage mindset and should mostly buy pure damage items, then you just run around oneshotting people.

I think a good buff without making her oppressive is to add another rock throw or two in her q on worked ground. She can spit out damage fast but in those moments she needs a tiny extra damage

Love the music, and the vid

"Taliyah has had a rocky history" I see what you did there.

Another one coming soon?

Sisemic shove is often derpy and wont go the direction u want , but if talyah hits all her abilities its pretty much a gaurnteed kill

love it how u used fire emblem background music

I missed playing taliyah with her AoE Q, having rylais and phase rush to both kite and chase not to mention the worked ground movement speed but everything is so different now