Mid Matchup

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Twisted Fate

Twisted Fate

the Card Master
Mid
Twisted Fate Mid Overall Win Rate
50.77%

Matchup Win Rate

50.9%
Twisted Fate vs Taliyah Wins
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49.1%
Taliyah vs Twisted Fate Wins
Taliyah

Taliyah

the Stoneweaver
Mid
Taliyah Mid Overall Win Rate
49.53%

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah - Mid Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Twisted Fate Mid vs Taliyah Mid - Who is stronger?

Twisted Fate Mid has a slight edge over Taliyah (50.9% win rate) based on 621 games. The matchup slightly favors Twisted Fate.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Twisted Fate Mid vs Taliyah Mid in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Balanced meta clash: Twisted Fate (3.4%, 21st place out of 58 Mid champions) regularly faces Taliyah (2.1%, 36th place). Both champions hold solid meta positions, making this matchup knowledge a direct path to climbing and improving your win rate. Meta strength confirmed: Twisted Fate's superior tier rating (A vs B) translates into a solid 50.9% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Twisted Fate ranks 26th in win rate among Mid champions. Optimize for consistency: Arcane Comet paired with Manaflow Band (64.7% win rate, 3.2% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Rod of Ages > Lich Bane > Mejai's Soulstealer with Boots of Swiftness delivers 70%+ win rate against Taliyah.

Win through macro: Twisted Fate takes the matchup (50.94%) despite falling behind in CS (7.06 vs 7.44/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Twisted Fate wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (697 vs 699/min), the 50.9% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Twisted Fate leads in both matchup win rate (50.9%) and KDA (2.40 vs 2.20) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah - Mid Stats Comparison

Twisted Fate Mid
Twisted Fate Mid		Versus
Taliyah Mid
Taliyah Mid
ATierB
50.9%Matchup Winrate49.1%
50.77%Role Winrate49.53%
#26Winrate Rank#40
3.4%Pickrate2.1%
2.4Average KDA2.2
431Gold per Minute395
7.06CS/Min7.44
0.31Wards per Minute0.33
697Damage per Minute699

How to Beat Taliyah as Twisted Fate (Mid)

While statistically Twisted Fate is slightly stronger than Taliyah in the mid lane, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Twisted Fate deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Meanwhile, Taliyah deals primarily magic damage (92.44%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Taliyah, ranking 8th (versus 16th for Twisted Fate) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.2 versus 2.4) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Twisted Fate Mid versus Taliyah Mid matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Twisted Fate player to maintain constant pressure on Taliyah, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah: Mid Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
45.3% Win Rate85.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
71.3% Win Rate3.2% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah: Mid Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Unsealed Spellbook
Unsealed Spellbook Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each unique Summoner Spell you swap to permanently decreases your swap cooldown by 25s (initial swap cooldown is at 5 mins).

Your first swap becomes available at 6 mins.

Summoner Spells can only be swapped while out of combat.
After using a swapped Summoner Spell you must swap 3 more times before the first can be selected again.
Smite damage increases after two Summoner Spell swaps.

Unsealed Spellbook

Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each uniqu…

Cash Back
Cash Back Get 6% Gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Cash Back

Get 6% Gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste.

Gain 10 or 25 bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks, respectively.

Jack Of All Trades

For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack gran…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

+2% Move Speed
+2% Move Speed +2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

44.7% Win Rate55.7% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet is on cooldown, reduces its remaining cooldown.

Adaptive Damage: 30 - 130 based on level (+0.05 AP and +0.1 bonus AD)
Cooldown: 20 - 8s

Cooldown Reduction:
Single Target: 20%.
Area of Effect: 10%.
Damage over Time: 5%.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet …

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Celerity
Celerity All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Celerity

All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Overgrowth
Overgrowth Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

Overgrowth

Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

+2% Move Speed
+2% Move Speed +2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

64.7% Win Rate3.2% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah: Mid Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
48.7% Win Rate95.5% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.1% Win Rate56.0% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
36.8% Win Rate15.9% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
46.1% Win Rate13.5% Pick Rate
Core Build
Catalyst of Aeons
Catalyst of Aeons (1300 gold) 350 Health
375 Mana
Eternity
Restores 10% of the damage taken from champions as Mana.
Casting an Ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
->
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages (2600 gold) 50 Ability Power
400 Health
400 Mana
Timeless
This item gains 10 Health, 20 Mana and 3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.
Eternity
Taking damage from champions restores 10% of the damage as Mana.
Casting an ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
Lich Bane
Lich Bane (3200 gold) 115 Ability Power
4% Move Speed
10 Ability Haste
Spellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
45.5% Win Rate36.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
28.0% Win Rate27.4% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Dark Seal
Dark Seal (350 gold) 15 Ability Power
50 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 10. 5 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 4 Ability Power per Glory.
Refillable Potion
Refillable Potion (150 gold) Active (2 charges)
Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds.
Refills upon visiting the shop.
50.4% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.1% Win Rate56.0% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
46.1% Win Rate13.5% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
39.3% Win Rate11.9% Pick Rate
Core Build
Catalyst of Aeons
Catalyst of Aeons (1300 gold) 350 Health
375 Mana
Eternity
Restores 10% of the damage taken from champions as Mana.
Casting an Ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
->
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages (2600 gold) 50 Ability Power
400 Health
400 Mana
Timeless
This item gains 10 Health, 20 Mana and 3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.
Eternity
Taking damage from champions restores 10% of the damage as Mana.
Casting an ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
Lich Bane
Lich Bane (3200 gold) 115 Ability Power
4% Move Speed
10 Ability Haste
Spellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
99.4% Win Rate1.4% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
100.0% Win Rate4.5% Pick Rate
Other Items
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
77.4% Win Rate21.6% Pick Rate
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration
70.5% Win Rate10.8% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
65.9% Win Rate9.2% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
49.0% Win Rate6.1% Pick Rate
Stormsurge
Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
4% Move Speed
Stormraider
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Squall
After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
73.5% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate
Cosmic Drive
Cosmic Drive (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
25 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
Spelldance
Dealing magic or true damage to champions grants Move Speed for 4 seconds.
99.7% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
Shurelya's Battlesong
Shurelya's Battlesong (2200 gold) 50 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
4% Move Speed
125% Base Mana Regen
Inspiring Speech
Grant nearby allies 30% Move Speed for 4 seconds.
0.0% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah: Mid Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Wild Cards Twisted Fate throws three cards, dealing damage to each enemy unit they pass through.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Pick a Card Twisted Fate chooses a magic card from his deck, and uses that for his next attack, causing bonus effects.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Stacked Deck Every 4 attacks, Twisted Fate deals bonus damage. In addition, his Attack Speed is increased.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Destiny Twisted Fate predicts the fortunes of his foes, revealing all enemy champions and enabling the use of Gate, which teleports Twisted Fate to any target location in 1.5 seconds.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
51.2% Win Rate42.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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R
Q
Wild Cards Twisted Fate throws three cards, dealing damage to each enemy unit they pass through.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Pick a Card Twisted Fate chooses a magic card from his deck, and uses that for his next attack, causing bonus effects.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Stacked Deck Every 4 attacks, Twisted Fate deals bonus damage. In addition, his Attack Speed is increased.
E
E
E
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E
R
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Destiny Twisted Fate predicts the fortunes of his foes, revealing all enemy champions and enabling the use of Gate, which teleports Twisted Fate to any target location in 1.5 seconds.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
66.3% Win Rate0.8% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate tips:

  • Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.
  • Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.
  • Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Playing Against Taliyah

  • 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!

Twisted Fate Mid other Matchups

Twisted Fate
+4.6%
Lissandra

Twisted Fate vs Lissandra

Twisted Fate
+4.2%
Hwei

Twisted Fate vs Hwei

Twisted Fate
+3.9%
Akali

Twisted Fate vs Akali

Twisted Fate
+3.8%
Zoe

Twisted Fate vs Zoe

Twisted Fate
+3.7%
Yone

Twisted Fate vs Yone

Twisted Fate
+3.2%
Diana

Twisted Fate vs Diana

Twisted Fate
+3.0%
Ryze

Twisted Fate vs Ryze

Twisted Fate
+2.8%
Orianna

Twisted Fate vs Orianna

Twisted Fate
+2.6%
Vex

Twisted Fate vs Vex

Twisted Fate
+2.6%
Malzahar

Twisted Fate vs Malzahar

Twisted Fate
+2.5%
LeBlanc

Twisted Fate vs LeBlanc

Twisted Fate
+2.5%
Talon

Twisted Fate vs Talon

Twisted Fate
+2.2%
Azir

Twisted Fate vs Azir

Twisted Fate
+2.2%
Qiyana

Twisted Fate vs Qiyana

Twisted Fate
+1.9%
Galio

Twisted Fate vs Galio

Twisted Fate
+1.6%
Akshan

Twisted Fate vs Akshan

Twisted Fate
+1.4%
Aurora

Twisted Fate vs Aurora

Twisted Fate
+1.4%
Syndra

Twisted Fate vs Syndra

Twisted Fate
+1.0%
Lux

Twisted Fate vs Lux

Twisted Fate
-0.9%
Xerath

Twisted Fate vs Xerath

Twisted Fate
-1.0%
Vladimir

Twisted Fate vs Vladimir

Twisted Fate
-1.1%
Yasuo

Twisted Fate vs Yasuo

Twisted Fate
-1.4%
Fizz

Twisted Fate vs Fizz

Twisted Fate
-1.4%
Sylas

Twisted Fate vs Sylas

Twisted Fate
-1.4%
Irelia

Twisted Fate vs Irelia

Twisted Fate
-1.7%
Veigar

Twisted Fate vs Veigar

Twisted Fate
-2.0%
Katarina

Twisted Fate vs Katarina

Twisted Fate
-2.0%
Ahri

Twisted Fate vs Ahri

Twisted Fate
-2.4%
Aurelion Sol

Twisted Fate vs Aurelion Sol

Twisted Fate
-2.5%
Viktor

Twisted Fate vs Viktor

Twisted Fate
-3.0%
Mel

Twisted Fate vs Mel

Twisted Fate
-3.6%
Anivia

Twisted Fate vs Anivia

Twisted Fate
-4.2%
Ekko

Twisted Fate vs Ekko

Twisted Fate
-4.3%
Zed

Twisted Fate vs Zed

Twisted Fate
-5.6%
Annie

Twisted Fate vs Annie