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How to Win Shaco vs Talon Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Talon

How to Beat Talon as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Talon as Shaco

based on 2,974 Shaco vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Shaco battled Talon 2974 times. Using so many matchups for Shaco vs Talon provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare actionable stats and a pro build to annihilate your opponent. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Shaco has to counter Talon in only 2.2% of his matches.

Shaco vs Talon Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a pathetic job of beating Talon. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.7% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Shaco versus Talon games, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Talon.

Best Shaco vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

StormsurgeShadowflameBlade of The Ruined KingLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
>
Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Talon as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Talon

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

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.

Shaco vs Talon Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
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7.1
< Kills >
9.2
6.6
< Deaths >
7.2
8.3
< Assists >
5.7
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
2.08
36
< Minions Killed >
136
0.98
< Dragons Killed >
0.47
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.36
7,316
< Physical Damage >
22,249
10,244
< Magic Damage >
76
1,599
< True Damage >
1,174
19,160
< Damage Dealt >
23,500
26,107
< Damage Taken >
28,845
11,336
< Gold Earned >
13,037
1.03
< Towers >
1.44
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
8,425
< Total Healing >
6,662
12,965
< Experience >
14,997
32
< Vision Score >
19
11
< Wards Placed >
6
580
< Time Dealing CC >
192

How to Counter Talon with Shaco in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some critical Shaco versus Talon counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..

Shaco usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Talon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Talon

Who is Better, Shaco or Talon?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually loses when taking on Talon, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Shaco makes a bad counter to Talon.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate compared to Talon, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Shaco into Talonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Shaco is a terribly counter to Talon. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Shaco against Talon.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

NilahNilah44.2% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrateBriarBriar45.7% winrateZyraZyra46.1% winrate

Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Shaco, we analyzed 2,974 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Talon as Shaco comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco often gets a lot less CS compared to Talon. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Shaco versus Talon build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Shaco combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Talon than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shaco boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when playing against Talon with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Talon as Shaco, Shaco players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Shaco vs Talon counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.7% win rate overall.

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