Taliyah
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Poor (5/10)
High Investment Required
Epic Relics
Players disagree about Taliyah's overall effectiveness and playstyle. Some consider her a clutch powerhouse capable of massive skill damage, while others find her landmark-heavy mechanics clunky and frustrating due to severe board space limitations.
The Stoneweaver Printer
Game Start: If I'm in deck or in hand, summon a Stormcarved Spire with Countdown 4: Summon me.
All your spells and skills deal 1 extra damage.- All your spells and skills deal 1 extra damage.
Strategy
This build maximizes Taliyah's skill damage output. Frozen Tomb guarantees an allied landmark on the board.
When Taliyah is played, her ability summons an exact copy of an allied landmark, allowing you to duplicate the Frozen Tomb. This results in one Taliyah and two Frozen Tombs that will each summon copies of Taliyah, ultimately resulting in three Taliyahs on the board. The double Luden's Tempest massively amplifies the damage of their overlapping Threaded Volley skills.
Titanic Ramp
Zoe Specialized
Grants an extra mana gem on game start.
Puts Taliyah's stats in range for starforged gauntlets to activate.- Counts as a landmark summon, and allows summons a duplicate Taliyah when it pops.
Strategy
Luminous Orb pushes Taliyah's stats to the Titanic threshold, activating Starforged Gauntlets for an extra starting mana gem.
Burst Speed Board Control
Stuns the enemy board so you can attack without blockers. Additionally, the stuns increase the damage from Whisper.
Grants an additional attack on Rally. This works well with Tempest blade because the enemy will be stunned while you can attack twice.
Used to boost Taliyah's leveled up skill damage in conjunction with Tempest Blade.
Strategy
This build focuses on Taliyah's level-up condition (summoning 5+ landmarks). By timing her level-up, you can trigger a board-wide stun and a Rally simultaneously.
Whisper synergizes perfectly with Tempest Blade, adding massive damage to your skills against the newly stunned enemy board. This allows for a devastating attack while the enemy is incapacitated. Levelled up Taliyah does 2 damage 3 times, so with Whisper greatly boosting that damage, you can easily one shot the enemy nexus with one attack cycle.
Turn 1 Plunder
- Summons a duplicate Taliyah on turn 4
Assuming you have the C3 extra mana gem, this allows Taliyah to be played on turn 1.
Activates Packed Powder.
Strategy
This enables Taliyah to be played on turn 1, to duplicate the Frozen Tomb or the Hibernating Rockbear. Once Taliyah is on the board though, she can run out of things to do, since she has no tools to survive attacking into blockers and doesn't do much damage until she is leveled up anyway.
Other Relic Options
Taliyah's skills are considered elemental, so this boosts their damage by two. Compared to ludens, this is a bigger damage increase, but does not benefit most other spells or skills you may draft.
Constellation
Taliyah requires significant investment to reach her full potential. Her early star powers are crucial for her viability, transforming her from a struggling deck into a functional stat-based powerhouse. However, her landmark-heavy playstyle often leads to severe board space issues, which can make her feel clunky compared to other Shuriman champions.
Good Morning, Grumpy
Game Start: Summon a Hibernating Rockbear.
Recycled Stone
+1 Starting Mana. When an allied landmark is destroyed, grant allies +1|+0.
Good Morning, Grumpy II
Game Start: Summon a Hibernating Rockbear. Allies have +1|+1 and Overwhelm.Review
Grants Overwhelm to all allied units. This significantly simplifies her playstyle by allowing you to focus on pushing damage with large units.
Supple Stone
Each round, the first time you play a landmark, refill mana equal to its cost.Review
Provides a massive tempo boost by refunding mana the first time a landmark is played each round, acting as a powerful mana deposit.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.
Throw Another Rock!
When an ally attacks, it plays Threaded Volley. Your spells and skills deal 1 extra damage for each allied Landmark.Review
Increases skill damage for every landmark on the board. While it adds significant damage, it creates anti-synergy with her base kit's goal of destroying landmarks and can exacerbate board space issues.
Gameplay Tips
- Manage Board Space
Landmarks consume valuable board slots and cannot attack or block. Plan your summons carefully to ensure you have enough room for your units, especially when duplicating landmarks like Frozen Tomb.
- Fill the Spell Stack
During a lethal attack, multiple Taliyahs triggering their Threaded Volley skills can completely fill the 10-slot spell stack. This prevents the AI from playing Fast spells in response, securing the win without counterplay.
- Keep Starting Landmarks
Do not cut cheap landmarks like Ancient Preparations from your deck at healer nodes. They are vital for early Predicts, card draw, and triggering her mana refund powers to accelerate her level-up condition.
- Summon Priority
Taliyah's star power that summons a Hibernating Rockbear at game start takes precedence over items like Home Turf. The game logic prevents duplicate summons, meaning the item will not trigger if the star power has already placed the unit on the board.
- Zoe Adventure Utility
Taliyah is a strong counter to the 10-star Zoe adventure because her deck includes Desert Naturalist, which can easily destroy the problematic Turret Plating landmark.