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Taliyah vs Locke

What is Taliyah's win rate vs Locke?

In Mid, Taliyah wins 48% against Locke across 71 observed ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Taliyah behind by 915 gold.

Taliyah at 15:00

Typical gap to Locke, from 70 games that reached 15:00.

Does Taliyah counter Locke?

Too close to call. Taliyah sits at 48% over 71 games, so neither pick counters the other here. The lane goes to whoever wins the spots below, like the gold lead at 10:00 or staying alive until 15:00, so play for those and let the pick argument go.

How to beat Locke as Taliyah

The median first death in this lane comes at 3:45; the level 6 spike lands around 5:30. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.

What does Taliyah build in Mid?

The most-finished Taliyah core is Archangel's Staff, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment: 51.1% across 863 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Archangel's Staff (5,699 games).

Skill plan: Taliyah players max Q first and take Q at level 1.

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