Zed vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Zed
based on 3,304 Zed vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Talon
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Zed versus Talon counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..
Zed usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Talon. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Talon
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Who is Better, Zed or Talon?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zed usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes a good counter to Talon.
While Zed does have a higher winrate compared to Talon, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Talonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Talon matchups, Zed is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zed is a decent counter for Talon. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zed against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Talon. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Zed versus Talon build consist of Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Talon than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Talon with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Talon as Zed, Zed players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zed vs Talon face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Talon as Zed are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.