Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Twitch vs. Taliyah matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taliyah. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Twitch normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Twitch usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 54.9% win rate. As a result, Twitch makes a great counter to Taliyah.
While Twitch does have a much higher win rate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Twitch also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Twitch into Taliyah.
Additionally, Twitch has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Taliyah matchups, Twitch is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Twitch is a great counter to Taliyah. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Twitch against Taliyah.
If you would like to truly master Twitch in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Taliyah build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Twitch included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Taliyah than with many other common builds. In fact, Twitch had an average win rate of 54.9% battling Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Taliyah as Twitch, Twitch players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Twitch vs Taliyah fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.9% winrate overall.
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