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How to Win Talon vs Kindred Counter MatchupTalon is in the a tier of champions

Talon vs Kindred

How to Beat Kindred as Talon in LoLTalon is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kindred as Talon

based on 1,564 Talon vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our dataset, Talon fought Kindred 1564 times. Including so many matchups for Talon versus Kindred gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide useful statistics and a supported build to defeat Kindred. This pairing is somewhat rare. Talon fights Kindred in only 1.9% of his games.

Talon vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Talon does a ok job of beating Kindred. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.6% of the time the champions face each other in. In Talon vs Kindred matches, Talon’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Kindred.

Best Talon vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeAxiom ArcProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeEdge of NightHubrisOpportunity

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
SorceryNimbus CloakAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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Q
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W
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E
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Kindred

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 Kindred

When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.

Talon vs Kindred Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Kindred Image
8.9
< Kills >
6.8
6.6
< Deaths >
7.2
6
< Assists >
7.4
2
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
132
< Minions Killed >
40
0.43
< Dragons Killed >
1.51
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.46
21,498
< Physical Damage >
15,258
77
< Magic Damage >
3,695
1,115
< True Damage >
1,225
22,690
< Damage Dealt >
20,179
27,292
< Damage Taken >
30,984
12,495
< Gold Earned >
12,055
1.35
< Towers >
1.56
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
6,245
< Total Healing >
16,694
14,372
< Experience >
13,375
18
< Vision Score >
23
6
< Wards Placed >
6
185
< Time Dealing CC >
218

How to Counter Kindred with Talon in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Talon vs. Kindred matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kindred..

Talon typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Kindred. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Talon and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Kindred

Who is Better, Talon or Kindred?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kindred, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter for Kindred.

While Talon does have a higher win rate than Kindred, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Kindredas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Talon also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Kindred matchups, Talon is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Talon is a decent counter to Kindred. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Kindred.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Talon, we analyzed 1,564 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 Kindred as Talon 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Kindred during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon often accumulates much more CS as Kindred. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Talon versus Kindred build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Kindred than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Kindred with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Kindred 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 builds players chose for Talon vs Kindred counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.

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