Talon vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Talon
based on 1,381 Talon vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Shen
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 Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Talon vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Talon vs. Shen counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in killsdeaths.
Talon usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Shen
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Who is Better, Talon or Shen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when taking on Shen, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a bad counter to Shen.
While Talon does have a lower win rate than Shen, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Talon into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Talon is a terribly counter for Shen. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Shen.
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How We Calculated Our Talon vs Shen Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Shen. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Talon versus Shen build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Shen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 47.7% battling Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Shen as Talon, Talon players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Talon vs Shen matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
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