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Talon

Assassin
Talon is a assassinRoleassassin
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Blade's End abilityp
Noxian Diplomacy abilityq
Rake abilityw
Assassin's Path abilitye
Shadow Assault abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
middle

Talon Build

based on 51,591 matches
Win Rate
50.1 %
Pick Rate
3.8 %
Ban Rate
1.1 %

How We Come Up with Our Talon Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Talon build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Talon builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Talon core items and runes for any situation.

Talon Build Summary

Talon is a an average middle lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Domination Sorcery. Incorporating the selected runes shown below in your Talon build will help provide you with the bonus stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Talon players should start by leveling up his w ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Talon

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDuskblade of Draktharr

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Duskblade of DraktharrThe CollectorAxiom ArcIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSpear Of ShojinSerylda's GrudgeEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Talon to level upw
>
Second ability for Talon to level upq
>
Last skill for Talon to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNullifying OrbAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Talon's passive ability p
Talon's q ability q
Talon's w ability w
Talon's e ability e
Talon's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Talon Matchups Overview

Talon is Weak Against

KennenKennen44.8% winrateAkshanAkshan46% winrateDianaDiana46.1% winrateAniviaAnivia46.8% winrate

Talon is Strong Against

KassadinKassadin55.8% winrateRumbleRumble55.7% winrateTwisted FateTwisted Fate55.4% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Tahm Kenchsupport+ 54.8% 199 GamesKarthusjungle+ 55.2% 855 GamesKledtop+ 55.8% 443 GamesKarthusbottom+ 57.9% 470 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Talon Players

Tips and Tricks

Talin excels in the early to mid game, but falls off late. Try to coordinate with your team to gank effectively early and end the game quick.

A good early game combo to harass the enemy is Rake and Noxian Diplomacy.

Talon can also spam his abilities to prevent enemy champions from getting farm early game. This gives your team a significant advantage in ensuing team fights.

Talon can escape easily by jumping over obstacles. He's one of the hardest champions to chase down. Include some movement speed increase in your LoL Talon build in order to make sure you can get to a wall to hop over when you want to. Movement speed will also help you position your Ult well when surprising your enemies.

Additional Talon Build Insights

LoL Talon players could find him to be a dynamic champion to build out properly. You'll notice that his build is modified when he is up against either diversified or highly focused team compositions, indicating you shouldn't take the same Talon build every game of League of Legends

The best items to use in your champion's build are: Duskblade of Draktharr, The Collector, and Axiom Arc. Those who added these items in their builds had a better winrate than those who went for other item builds for Talon. Similarly, if you are fighting a varied enemy team composition, you should strongly consider getting him the Domination, and Sorcery runes. In recent matches, he won the largest fraction of his matches when using these runes.

We calculated our Talon build recommendations by examining 51,591 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him in them. We only advise the top winrate Talon builds that were used by ranked gamers enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many games in our data, we are confident in our provided builds.