Shaco vs Taliyah

Not enough games

Heavy AP damageHeavy CCStrong engageHigh burst

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Taliyah

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Starting items

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Core build

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Standard

4CDR

5—

Summoner spells

100%

Anti CC

4vs CC

Other options

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Inspiration

Unsealed Spellbook

Cash Back

Triple Tonic

Cosmic Insight

Sorcery

Transcendence

Gathering Storm

Strength by game phase

Passive, spells and ultimate

Rock Surfing (P)

Taliyah gains Move Speed near walls.

Cooldowns by spell rank

Level	Q	W	E	R
3	7s	14s	14s	–
6	5s	14s	14s	3m
9	3s	12.5s	14s	3m
11	3s	11s	14s	2m30
16	3s	8s	14s	2m
18	3s	8s	14s	2m

Tips to maximize your impact

Gank from behind
Gank with Deceive (Q) and come in behind your target: Backstab (passive) empowers hits from behind, and your first invisible auto becomes a critical strike.
Finish with Two-Shiv Poison
Save Two-Shiv Poison (E) to finish: the shiv deals much more damage to a target below 30% health.
Trick them with your clone
Cast Hallucinate (R) to bait their spells: you briefly disappear and reappear with a clone, which explodes on death into three boxes that fear.
Trap their escape routes
Place Jack In The Box (W) on their escape routes or at a camp entrance: invisible after a delay, it fears champions who come near, then shoots them.

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

Don't cross her minefield
When Unraveled Earth (E) is on the ground, don't cross it with a dash or get thrown through it by Seismic Shove (W): the stones explode under you and stun you.
Engage after Seismic Shove
If you can engage, go in after Seismic Shove (W): without it, she has nothing left to push you back, and no dash to escape.
Knock her off her wall
If you have CC, save it for Taliyah while she surfs on Weaver's Wall (R): once immobilized, she stops surfing immediately.

Patch 16.21.1