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.
The Talon Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zeri. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zeri helps Talon perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Talon is paired with Zeri, he gets a small decrease in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Zeri does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played with Zeri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zeri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zeri.
Additionally, when Talon plays with Zeri on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Zeri does a decent job of protecting Talon in team fights.
There is no one best synergy for Talon that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Zeri is a terrible ally for Talon. By being on the same side as Talon, they decreases their win rate by -5.0% to 44.0%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Talon and Zeri that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Zeri has a lower difficulty than Talon. That means Talon players don't need to be very careful when lining up Zeri allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Talon and Zeri together, you may not be granting your side enough magic damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Zeri ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Talon in order to pair well with Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Talon and Zeri synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Talon used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Zeri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 44.0% helping carry Zeri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Talon and Zeri pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Zeri with Talon are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.