Talon vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Talon
based on 7,593 Talon vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Talon vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some significant Talon versus Lux counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lux. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Talon typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lux. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Lux
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Who is Better, Talon or Lux?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when taking on Lux, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Lux, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Luxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average racks up more CS compared to Lux. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Talon versus Lux build consist of Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Lux than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Lux with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Lux as Talon, Talon players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Talon vs Lux counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lux as Talon are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.