Cassiopeia vs Taliyah in Mid lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: her W-into-E combo is her kill setup — dodge the Seismic Shove and the whole thing whiffs. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDCASSIOPEIAthe Serpent's Embrace

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDTALIYAHthe Stoneweaver

VS

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her W-E combo

Her main threat is her W shove into E — sidestep the W and you avoid the follow-up damage field.

Trade once you have items

As you get items you win trades — land your poison and dodge her W-E combo and she loses extended fights.

Space her Q range

Her Q outranges all your abilities (1000), so space outside it unless she overextends or is on worked ground.

✕ DON'T

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Never force your ult on her — she faces whatever direction she's displaced toward, not where her Q points, so it slips off.

Runes

SORCERY

PRECISIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

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