Taliyah ARAM Mayhem Build

The Stoneweaver. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #101 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MageSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 48.9%
Pick rate: 2.3%
Rank: #101 of 173
Games: 535,173
Patch: 26.21

How to play Taliyah in ARAM Mayhem

Taliyah is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #101 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 535,173 games.

94% of Taliyah's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Blackfire Torch, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 48.1% win rate over 375,159 games. For boots, Sorcerer's Shoes are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Taliyah are Back To Basics, Giant Slayer and Hand of Baron. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Ultimate Unstoppable and Can't Touch This when you can: they do worst on Taliyah. A pair to look for: Giant Slayer with En Passant.

Take Flash and Ghost (64% of players). Max Q (Threaded Volley) first, then E, then W.

Taliyah ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Taliyah game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

48.1% win rate · 85% of Taliyah games · 375,159 games

Start

Refillable Potion
Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Taliyah, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Sorcerer's Shoes	35%
Gluttonous Greaves	27%
No boots	31%

Situational, after the core

Void Staff46% buy it
Stormsurge10% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass16% buy it
Banshee's Veil7% buy it
Liandry's Torment11% buy it
Morellonomicon8% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame71% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap54% of games
Blackfire Torch49% of games
Luden's Echo46% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes45% of games
Liandry's Torment44% of games
Void Staff30% of games
Rylai's Crystal Scepter20% of games
Stormsurge20% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass17% of games

Best augments for Taliyah

Every card with enough Taliyah games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Taliyah's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1HomeguardTier A
2Blue BarrierTier A
3Ocean SoulTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Taliyah

3 S tier and 27 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Taliyah in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Ok Boomerang	Gold	Tier A	Autocast a boomerang at a nearby enemy every 7 seconds, dealing (40–200 (by level) +30% Bonus Attack Damage+20% Ability Power) adaptive…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier A	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Pursuit of Power	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Permanently increase selected ability damage by 30%.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.

Average on Taliyah
42 cards, best first

Below average on Taliyah
25 cards, best first

Weakest on Taliyah
8 cards, best first

Best first augment for Taliyah

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Taliyah's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Mad Scientist and Giant Slayer come out on top.

The best augments for Taliyah in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Back To BasicsTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
2	Mad ScientistTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
3	Giant SlayerTier A	Giant SlayerTier S	HomeguardTier S	Big BrainTier S
4	Ok BoomerangTier A	HomeguardTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Back To BasicsTier S
5	Omni SoulTier A	From Beginning To EndTier A	Giant SlayerTier A	Warlock JuiceboxTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Taliyah, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost64% of players · 49.9% win rate
Flash + Barrier2% of players · 48.3% win rate
Flash + Mark30% of players · 47.3% win rate

Skill order

QThreaded Volley
EUnraveled Earth
WSeismic Shove

Max Q first. 93% of players use this order (49.6% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Taliyah in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 9.5 / 10.7 / 27.3
KDA: 3.94
Damage to champions: 38,973
Damage taken: 28,073
Self-mitigated: 13,236
Healing on allies: 27
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 48 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 16:41

Damage type

Physical 2%Magic 94%True 4%

Questions and answers

What is the best Taliyah build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Taliyah: Blackfire Torch, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Taliyah in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Taliyah, best first: Back To Basics, Giant Slayer and Hand of Baron. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Taliyah good in ARAM Mayhem?

Taliyah is tier B on patch 26.21, #101 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 535,173 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Taliyah in ARAM Mayhem?

For Taliyah's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Mad Scientist, Giant Slayer, Ok Boomerang and Omni Soul, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Taliyah counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.