Talon vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Talon
based on 1,120 Talon vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Talon vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several strategic Talon vs. Kassadin counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Talon normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Talon or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually wins when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Talon does have a higher winrate than Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Talon into Kassadinas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Kassadin matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Talon is an above average counter for Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Talon versus Kassadin build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Talon used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Kassadin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Kassadin as Talon, Talon players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Talon vs Kassadin counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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