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How to Win Twitch vs Talon Counter MatchupTwitch is in the a tier of champions

Twitch vs Talon

How to Beat Talon as Twitch in LoLTwitch is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Talon as Twitch

based on 3,452 Twitch vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Talon as Twitch resulted from an analysis of 3452 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Twitch is forced to battle against Talon in only 2.3% of his games.

Twitch vs Talon Matchup Summary

Twitch has done a decent job of countering Talon. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.0% of games the champs face one another in. In Twitch vs Talon rounds, Twitch’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Talon.

Best Twitch vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeRecurve Bow

Core Twitch Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeRunaan's HurricaneTerminus

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapExperimental HexplateStormsurgeZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Twitch to level upe
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Second ability for Twitch to level upq
>
Last skill for Twitch to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Twitch's passive ability p
Twitch's q ability q
Twitch's w ability w
Twitch's e ability e
Twitch's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Talon as Twitch

Tips for Playing as Twitch against Talon

Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.

You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.

Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.

Advice to Win Against Talon

Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.

Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.

Twitch vs Talon Counter Stats

Twitch Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
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8.6
< Kills >
9.1
7.1
< Deaths >
7.1
7.2
< Assists >
6.1
2
< Killing Sprees >
2.07
146
< Minions Killed >
136
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.45
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.34
16,022
< Physical Damage >
22,324
3,406
< Magic Damage >
78
4,410
< True Damage >
1,230
23,839
< Damage Dealt >
23,631
22,196
< Damage Taken >
28,260
12,240
< Gold Earned >
12,863
1.9
< Towers >
1.43
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
4,718
< Total Healing >
6,461
12,728
< Experience >
14,757
21
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
6
307
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Counter Talon with Twitch in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several valuable Twitch against Talon matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Talon..

Twitch normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Talon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Twitch and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Twitch
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Twitch
Talon

Who is Better, Twitch or Talon?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Twitch usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Twitch makes a good counter for Talon.

While Twitch does have a higher winrate than Talon, when facing one another, Twitch also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Twitch into Talon.

Additionally, Twitch has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Talon matchups, Twitch is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Twitch is a decent counter for Talon. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Twitch against Talon.

Additional Information for Twitch Players

How We Calculated Our Twitch vs Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Twitch, we analyzed 3,452 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 Talon as Twitch 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

If you would like to truly master Twitch in order to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Twitch typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Talon. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Talon build consist of Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane, and Terminus. When Twitch combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Talon than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Twitch had an average winrate of 51.0% when countering Talon with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Talon as Twitch, Twitch players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Twitch vs Talon counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Talon as Twitch are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.