Talon with Katarina
How to Synergize Talon and Katarina
based on 817 Talon with Katarina pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Talon Katarina Synergy Summary
Best Talon vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Katarina
Tips for Playing as Talon with Katarina
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 Understand How Katarina Will Play
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
Talon Katarina Synergy Stats
How to Play with Katarina as Talon in LoL
The Talon Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Talon sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Katarina helps Talon perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Talon is paired with Katarina, he gets a noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Katarina does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Katarina.
Additionally, when Talon plays with Katarina on the same side, he often takes much more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Katarina does a poor job of covering Talon during teamfights.
Synergies between Talon and Katarina
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Is Talon better when played alongside Katarina?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Talon that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Katarina is a very typical teammate for Talon. By being on the same team as Talon, she increases their win rate by 0.7% to 49.7%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Talon and Katarina that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Katarina has a greater difficulty than Talon. That means you should be cautious when lining up Katarina allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, Talon players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Talon and Katarina together, you will not be granting your team enough utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Katarina ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to synergize with Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Talon and Katarina synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Katarina than with most other common item sets. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing alongside Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Talon players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Katarina with Talon are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.