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.
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
The stat comparisons provided here show several valuable Talon versus Rammus counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Talon usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a poor counter to Rammus.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Talon into Rammusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Talon is a terribly counter to Rammus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Rammus.
To truly master Talon to counter Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically racks up much more CS relative to Rammus. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Talon versus Rammus build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Rammus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 47.5% battling Rammus with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Rammus as Talon, Talon players 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 rune sets we have analyed for Talon vs Rammus matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
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