Nami vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Nami
based on 2,489 Nami vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Talon
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Advice to Win Against Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Nami vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some important Nami against Talon counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Talon. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nami often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Talon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Talon
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Who is Better, Nami or Talon?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Talon, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter to Talon.
While Nami does have a lower winrate than Talon, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nami into Talon.
Moreover, Nami has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Talon.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nami
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How We Calculated Our Nami vs Talon Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Talon. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nami versus Talon build include Mikael's Blessing, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Talon than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Talon with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Talon as Nami, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nami vs Talon LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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