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.
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
The Talon Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sylas helps Talon perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Talon tries to synergize with Sylas, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Sylas doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played together with Sylas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sylas.
Moreover, when Talon plays with Sylas on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Sylas does a poor job of protecting Talon during teamfights.
There is no one best companion for Talon that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, Sylas is a very typical companion for Talon. By playing on the same team as Talon, he decreases their win rate by -0.9% to 48.1%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Talon and Sylas that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Sylas has a lower difficulty than Talon. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Sylas comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Talon and Sylas together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough support. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sylas teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon to work well with Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Talon and Sylas synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Talon used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 48.1% helping carry Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use 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 sets players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Sylas with Talon are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.