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Talon vs Rengar

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How to Beat Rengar as Talon

based on 3,072 Talon vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League matches every week. Within our database, Talon did battle with Rengar in 3072 games. Including so many matchups for Talon versus Rengar gives us confidence in our ability to produce enlightening statistics and a recommended build to destroy your rival. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Talon has to counter Rengar in only 3.8% of his matches.

Talon vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Talon does a dismal job of beating Rengar. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Talon versus Rengar games, Talon’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Rengar.

Best Talon vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Axiom ArcSundered SkyEdge of NightHubris

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

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
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
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Talon vs Rengar Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Rengar Image
8.7
< Kills >
8.9
7.3
< Deaths >
7.3
5.8
< Assists >
6.2
2
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
137
< Minions Killed >
41
0.4
< Dragons Killed >
1.33
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.38
21,283
< Physical Damage >
18,858
77
< Magic Damage >
1,303
1,116
< True Damage >
1,142
22,476
< Damage Dealt >
21,304
27,783
< Damage Taken >
34,471
12,615
< Gold Earned >
13,250
1.35
< Towers >
1.33
0.09
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
5,986
< Total Healing >
16,404
14,510
< Experience >
14,334
18
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
5
179
< Time Dealing CC >
233

How to Counter Rengar with Talon in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Talon vs. Rengar counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rengar..

Talon usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rengar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Talon and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Rengar

Who is Better, Talon or Rengar?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when playing against Rengar, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a bad counter for Rengar.

While Talon does have a lower win rate than Rengar, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Talon into Rengaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Talon also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Talon is a bad counter to Rengar. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Rengar.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Talon, we analyzed 3,072 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 Rengar 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon on average gets much more CS as Rengar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Talon versus Rengar build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Rengar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 47.3% when playing against Rengar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Rengar as Talon, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Talon vs Rengar battles, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rengar as Talon are shown for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.