Talon vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Talon
based on 4,343 Talon vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Talon vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Talon in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Talon against Vayne matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vayne..
Talon often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vayne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Vayne
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Who is Better, Talon or Vayne?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vayne, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Vayne.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Vayne, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Vayneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a similar 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 somewhat poor counter for Vayne. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Vayne. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well 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 exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Talon versus Vayne build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Vayne than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 49.2% battling Vayne with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Vayne as Talon, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Talon vs Vayne counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vayne as Talon are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.