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Introduction
AP Talon is actually VIABLE. Here's how it works:


Mercy scales well off attack speed, and slightly off CDR since you can spam

And finally, cutthroat gives you a ton of free daage amplification so that you don't even need to buy AD to do damage! Awesome!
Since Talon doesn't do magic damage until he gets items, don't run any magic penetration runes.
Instead, run flat AD so you can be stronger early game and bully around your enemy laner.
Flat Armor is for in case you're against an AD assassin mid, but otherwise it's still good for mitigating auto-attack harass. Talon is prone to this because of his short range.
You can switch out the Quints for Move Speed quints if you think you can abuse your mobility to bully certain lane opponents, like


Run 21/0/9.
Take hybrid penetration in the offensive tree. Taking

Anything else is up to you, really.





Next, you want to rush a


Your next item is

The first big item is

Next items:









Situational:












1) Can't gapclose very well,
2) Has a lot of skillshots, or
3) Is controlled by an unskilled summoner (preferably Bronze or unranked)
Talon's main strength is her mobility, so if you're against an Nidalee you can just cutthroat away from her Spears then counterattack.
If you're against someone with all targetted abilities like

Which he won't do, because you're AP Talon.
You want to play passively because you aren't that strong early on, but if you see them commit to CS, cutthroat towards them, resetting your AA timer, and you're able to get a free hit on them.
At level 6/7, your power spikes tremendously because you have obtained your ultimate. If you see them out of position, you want to


Late game, remember that you're AP Talon and your only real strength is being annoying with stealth + mobility, slight damage, and tank shredding


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