Now that Talon has been out a bit...

[quote=unosnow]What do you guys think of his potential in competitive play? I find hes actually very powerful if found in the right situation but how squishy he is, its pretty intense and can be extremely hit or miss. I find hes a bit like Akali but with more utility, his silence and AOE ult are great, plus the fact it will stealth you can get you out of some sticky situations.. All in all right now hes definitely my favorite assassin and a pretty good pub stomp at lower ELO if used as a roaming ganker[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]He doesn't fit into metagame...[/quote]

[quote=unosnow][quote=NicknameMy] He doesn't fit into metagame... [/quote] Well it seems one pro player said this a ways back and now every-one and their mother are jumping on the band-wagon and saying hes useless....I mean dont get me wrong, but are you even a high enough ELO where the meta game even matters NicknameMy? I can safely say ive seen Sushi play Talon a TON on livestream and he wrecked with him, and Sushi is pretty high-ELO[/quote]

[quote=JEFFY40HANDS]Technically speaking neither does Akali, she's not any type of meta-golem but people play her at high ELOs. Veigar has been popular lately, he is an AP anti-carry, but his poor early game with a farm dependent late game shouldn't make him viable. But he still sees play time. So Talon, DOES NOT fit the CURRENT meta-game, but that doesn't mean he can't be used in the right hands.[/quote]

[quote=unosnow][quote=JEFFY40HANDS] Technically speaking neither does Akali, she's not any type of meta-golem but people play her at high ELOs. Veigar has been popular lately, he is an AP anti-carry, but his poor early game with a farm dependent late game shouldn't make him viable. But he still sees play time. So Talon, DOES NOT fit the CURRENT meta-game, but that doesn't mean he can't be used in the right hands. [/quote] Personally i think the current meta-game SUCKS! When the game first came out, there were so many difrent type of team options. now its just 1. Uber solo champ top AP carry mid Jungle Ranged AD carry/supprt bot its just so boring needs to be changed up, there needs to be other options.[/quote]

[quote=holdthephone]high ranking players are quick to judge, and their word isn't necessarily as good as anyone else's. play who're your comfortable with and have good team comp, more important than any forum post. personally i haven't been impressed with Talon thus far, but it's still a very young character. C.Viper was bottom tier when SF4 came out, 2 years later pros are suddenly placing her in S tier.[/quote]

[quote=Bloofyre]Talon is actually really strong since I revisited him a few days ago... His W is a total farming machine. all you really need to do with him is roll out an early [[brutalizer]] and get yourself fed. I think the main problem is we've seen too many champions that rely on a strong early game/farm to be of any use at all late game. Which is why I tend to run armor pen reds and flat AD quints on most all of the new guys[/quote]

[quote=Pwnzor1130]Honestly, I love talon's style and he can definitely hold out in a lane (even solo top). Sadly, most people build him trinity and glass cannon and just plain fail. If you build him decently bulky (not super bulky, but bulky) with an a Fatma's and QSS he does very well. He is pretty much forced to start pots against tanky top laners and level W, but he can still farm and keep up competently. He also can just faceroll squishies and casters if he gets them in his lane, leveling up his q first. Those who claim he sucks are probably building him wrong or haven't seen a good talon. In my experience he's very powerful in the right hands, sort of like akali.[/quote]

[quote=TheJohn]He's nice for an assassin. With some training and farming, you can start ganking and kill almost every time.[/quote]

[quote=AFKwithyoursister]I'll give an opinion as a 3v3 player here and I'll say that Talon is insane on TT. His burst is insane and I wouldn't mind riot softening his damage a little. Anyway, since on TT ganks win games, Talon is great for this. He flies out of the bushes and throws his all of his burst at you, then stealths away while doing a lot of damage with his stealth which is really annoying. He gets away every time too due to the difficulty of chasing temporary stealthed champions on that map. You have no idea where he is. He's really more annoying then seriously dangerous though, and he isn't that great in teamfights.[/quote]