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Live and Die by the Blade A In depth Talon Guide
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Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Blade's End (PASSIVE)
Talon Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Diana
If you see a Diana locked in, it's probably smarter just to dodge however it's winnable early. This match up is tough just because of her natural strength. The best way to face a diana is wait for her q to come out then silence her. This will allow a aa+q which is an aa reset for a good chunk of her hp. Dodging her q and trading is the best way to get a lead. After you get a lead, ROAM! you're going to need to snowball top and bot lane because after a item or two of her stacking pure armor she's going to be untouchable. I've made Diana's feed before just for them to build zhoyna's and frozen heart and come back carrying the game. She's basically a ticking time bomb.
Why play talon
Black Cleaver: This item was the item talon used back in the day of league of cleavers however you have to understand why this item is good on talon before you can use it effectively. Talon hits multiple times with every spell he has that does damage. His q bleeds and every tick of the bleed counts towards getting that 25%, same with his rake and ulti, which both his twice. But don't forget that percent armor pen is not that good, 25% of 50 is 12.5, youmous gives 20 flat, and considering your not going to be doing a lot of damage after hitting them 5 times it's not always the best item. All and all you can expect 22.5 pen from this item, but your combo is e-w-w-aa-q-r-r meaning you're only going to be getting a value greater than youmous on your ulti's damage, but considering you don't have that armor pen at the beginning it's basically wasted. Plus youmous gives a movement speed increase which is amazing on talon. The slot can be better used for the most part.
Triforce: This item is extremely good on talon, however don't get it. The stats it provides are useless besides the buffed aa. You're q will hit like a truck but seriously ap and mana aren't needed Talon is not very mana hungry unless you spam rakes 24/7 and even then by time you run out of mana you should probably just back. This item gives little to no combat stats and isn't worth the massive amounts of gold. If you're 45/0/20 and have enough gold to hard buy it and it isn't a ranked game I say go for it. Otherwise stick to the basics.
Moba's vs Swiftness: Moba's are cheap. I typically get moba's when behind and swiftness when ahead. Moba's lowers your damage output because once you engage in combat you lose a lot of movement speed meaning if you don't kill the adc with your basic combo, don't even waste your time trying to get additional aa's in to kill them, because it's not happening. However moba's give more movement speed than swiftness does and are really good to engage with, however try not to be engaging team fights because you are squishy and will die really fast, and no one will be able to follow up because you will just be out running your entire team.
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