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Taliyah vs Skarner

Taliyah
vs
Not enough games
Skarner
Analyze a draft with Taliyah
Heavy CCStrong engageHeavy AD damageVery tanky

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Skarner

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

Recommended items for Taliyah: Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Sorcerer's Shoes, Dark Seal, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, Cryptbloom.

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup

Core build

Blackfire Torch
1
Shadowflame
2
Zhonya's Hourglass
3

Standard

Sorcerer's Shoes
4Magic pen
Dark Seal
5

Summoner spells

FlashSmite100%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Dark Seal
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Cryptbloom
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment
Luden's Echo
Banshee's Veil
Cosmic Drive
DominationDomination
Dark HarvestDark Harvest
Cheap ShotCheap Shot
Sixth SenseSixth Sense
Treasure HunterTreasure Hunter
PrecisionPrecision
Coup de GraceCoup de Grace
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Skarner's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Threads of Vibration (P)

Skarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s10s22s–
65.5s10s22s2m
93s9s22s2m
113s8s22s1m45
163s6s20s1m30
183s6s18s1m30

Playing as Taliyah

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Throw them into your minefield

    Place Unraveled Earth (E), then throw the enemy across the stones with Seismic Shove (W): the stones explode and stun them.

  2. Pick your volley based on the ground

    Cast Threaded Volley (Q) off Worked Ground to throw 5 rocks, or on it for a single boulder that slows, costs less and has a shorter cooldown.

  3. Cut off their retreat with your wall

    Place Weaver's Wall (R) across the enemy's path to cut off their escape or split their team: its range goes from 2500 to 6500 with rank.

  4. Roam along the walls

    To roam, follow the walls of the map: Rock Surfing (passive) increases your move speed when you're near them.

Playing against Skarner

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay away from walls

    Stay away from walls against him: Ixtal's Impact (E) drags you to the end of his charge, and stuns you if you hit a wall.

  2. Stay close to your team

    Stay close to your team: Impale (R) suppresses up to 3 champions in front of him and drags them toward his team.

  3. Interrupt his charge

    If you have a stun, root or knock-up, save it for Ixtal's Impact (E): it interrupts his charge.

  4. Get out of Impale range

    When he gets into melee range, leave the area in front of him: Impale (R) strikes in front of Skarner, and a dash or Flash lets you dodge it.

Other Taliyah matchups

Patch 16.21.1