Pros



+ High Burst
+ Strong Poke
+ Does Very Well At Zoning
+ Very easy to Farm With
+ Easy to pick up and play
+ Has a strong mid/late game
+ Not horrible if you get behind


Cons



- Easy to gank, she has no way to escape
- Hard to master the placement of her ult
- countered by most assassins
- can be hard to land W
- Skill shot reliant
- Has NO self peel

okay so on to runes, having 6 glyphs of scaling cdr gives you 10% cdr at level 18 which is very useful since in taliyah's full build it only has 30% so having the 10% in runes lets you get to max cdr. So moving on to the seals I like to use 5 scaling armor because you don't need to worry about taliyah's early game defense, same reason for the health. But if u don't have the IP to get the runes then flat armor would be fine. andt

I take mediation instead of merciless so I can spam abilities and not have to worry about mana problems, I also assassin so I can do more damage in solo lanes. Okay so Thunderlords decree is the best mastery for burst don't try death fires touch you will regret

I have found that maxing q first gives you the most reliable damage but if u feel confident enough then you can max your e first this gives you higher burst early.

I farm best with the q and e and I try not to use my w to farm because of the longer cool down. But be very careful of your mana, if its gets to low your opponent will poke you and you just have to take it.