TALIYAH - THE STONEWEAVER Taliyah is a control mage in league of legends. Like mose control mages, she has lots of damage and utility. Taliyah's strengths come from her incredibly strong early-game burst, her mid-game roaming potential, and her late-game teamfighting. Her burst is multi-target (a strength shared with other control mages, but a strength nonetheless) and her teamfight prescence is huge, with the constant rylai's crystal sceptre rylai's slows and your knockups, with an ultimate for roaming or splitting up a teamfight. Unlike a lot of control mages, she has plentiful out-of-combat mobility via her pssive and ultimate

Thunderlord's Decree is the only keystone for me. However, if you know that you're gonna get fed (easy matchup, etc.) then Stormraider's Surge is useful as your phenomenal burst when fed will result in a quick speed boost, which, combined with ghost, makes you impossible to catch.
There is really no difference between Precision and Intelligence , but the CDR is useful early game for having your combo up quicker, but lacks the bonus penetration from it's opposition, and it depends on personal preference.
Runic Affinity is useful if you have a no-mana jungler or your jungler is generous with his buffs as the blue buff will be very helpful, however it is almost completely useless if you're not going to get donated a buff.

As it creates worked ground beneath you, and worked ground grants movement speed, then you can use this to speed yourself up whenever you roam. However, bear in mind this will reset the timer on your Passive whether you damage an enemy or not.
Remember - While it may be small, each rock deals AoE damage. Keep this in mind while using it to cs or clear creep waves.
If you want to use your Q to cs but still want that amazing all-in combo, set up one area of worked ground in an unusual position, Go back to it whenever you feel the need to use it to cs to prevent an accumulation of worked ground.

Use this as the enemy steps up to cs. Once their AA animation begins, cast it as it is almost certain to land.
Chaining this with teammate's cc is a way to get a guaranteed burst combo off.
Remember, fleeing enemies have very predictable pathing - away from you. Use this when chasing someone down or when your jungler starts to gank.
Always think if it would be better to knock the enemy away or towards you - for example, if a lvl 3 rengar ganks you you will want to knock him away, but knocking him into your tower would be better, giving you a kill.

Remember, other pulls (Death Sentence, Rocket Grab, etc.) also proc the second part of your E. If you see your Thresh or Blitzcrank going for a godhook throw on your E for a little extra damage.
Before you obtain your rylai's remember your E has a slow attatcked. Use this when chasing down enemies and other options (Flash, Ghost, Rylais) aren't available.

When attacking the enemy base you can manoeuvre yourself to wall the enemy off their own base, preventing any possible fighting back.
Remember that it will cancel an ally's teleport or recall, and can block allies off from a fight. NEVER do this unless u want to be reported as it is the most infuriating thing (And I speak from experience).
As it knocks people back, don't aim to hit enemies with the wall as you are just as likely to knock them to their survival. Aim to cut them off instead by walling behind them.

Take a point into your Threaded Volley at level one. However, try not to use it as the worked ground removes half of your damage, unless the enemy is pushing/getting pushed in - when you hit lvl 3 you will most likely be at one tower. If you want to poke the enemy early on, let them push you under tower. Use Threaded Volley on worked ground to farm if it's giving you difficulty, however, if may not be worth making a new patch of worked ground.

Once you hit lvl 3 you have an enormous powerspike. Alwqays have 1 point in all of your abilities so you can use your killer combo as soon as possible. If the enemy is mana-based and is poking you, let them ntil they run out of mana. This can lead to obile laners such as LeBlanc being unable to W out of your W. If they do not require mana for their mobility or have no mobility, this can be unwise but if they are combo focused it can result in being short of mana fto finish their combos.
Use your abilities sparingly until lvl 3 as your Killer combo costs a butt ton of mana.

Once you hit 3, put 1 point in all of your abilities and wait for the enemy to cs. Once their AA animation starts, use your W beneath them. Then, if they cancel their AA to move out of the way, they lose cs. If they take the CS, they get comboed and lose a fair amount of their hp, as shown in the killer combo segment of the guide.
Repeat this until you kill them or you have to back for some reason. Do not forget about your Stealth Ward to protect you from ganks.

Once you hit level 6 you can use your Ultimate. this provides a lot of mobility, however using it purely for that is not recommended. Check to see which lanes are pushed up - if their enemy bot/top lane are pushing, the it may be a good idea simply to Weaver's Wall behind them and surf the wall up top to finish off the kill. Make sure your ally is high enough HP-wise to engage, as a 1-for-1 trade may not always be worth it, seeing as you lost your ultimate which is a powerful asset to your team. However, you don't need your ultimate to roam.

If you are looking to snowball other lanes as often as you can, Mobility Boots synergise amazingly with your passive. This allows for incredibly out-of-combat mobility and amazing roaming potential, although roaming can be a bit tricky if you are on blue side unless the enemy are incredibly pushed up.

Your roams should become more frequent as the laning phase draws to a close. By now your core build shoulde be complete and you begin to gain your massive damage. Ask for ganks to kill off your enemy laner if you're ahead, and if you're behind begin to build more supportive/defensive items such as Locket or Banner of Command. Try to secure as many kills and objectives as possible. Teamfights probably won't occur just yet, so help your team gain an advantage through the amazing picking tool that is Weaver's Wall.