Talon vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Talon
based on 1,472 Talon vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Alistar
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Talon vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Talon vs. Alistar counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Talon often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Alistar
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Who is Better, Talon or Alistar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually loses when facing off against Alistar, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a poor counter to Alistar.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Alistar, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often gets much more CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Talon versus Alistar build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Alistar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Alistar as Talon, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Talon vs Alistar counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Talon are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.