Talon Build Guide by Xopito
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Burst Build
Split push Build
Situational
Ability Sequence
Not Updated For Current Season
The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
Masteries
Threats to Talon with this build
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Kassadin | Against Kassadin you win from the start to the end. Easy matchup for Talon. |
Introduction
I am Xopito, Challenger brazillian player whose mains are Zed and Talon. This is my first guide, so i hope to help you in some way. Sorry for my bad english, since it’s not my native language.
Runes
As shown above, my favorite runes for Talon are Armor Penetration Quintessences and Marks, HP/Lvl Seals and Magic Resist Glyphs. However, in some matchups, you shoud change them.
In most matchups you’ll be facing champions that won’t allow you to trade damage until lvl 6, since you’ll be tanking minions and the enemy champion if you try to jump on them. That forces you to safely farm until lvl 6 and go all-in. In this case, you won’t need AD runes in the early game, as you won’t trade much damage with AA, so this rune page is recommended.
When you’re facing an AD-based champion, however, you can change the HP/Lvl seals dor flat Armor seals. You should also change Armor Pen quints to AD, because in most AD matchups you’ll trade much more damage with AAs and Spells in early. The rune page is displayed below.
Masteries
Talon basically has fixed mastery points. If you choose to start the game with Corruption Potion, you should go with the “Assassin” mastery. Otherwise, go with “Secret Stash”.
Corrupt Potion
Long Sword 3 pots
Pros / Cons
Pros
Exellent burst potential
Great mobility
Good abilities to enter/exit fights
After starts snowballing, will be extremely difficult to stop
Great capacity to return to the game in case of a bad start
Cons
Has a relatively weak lane-phase
Is countered by Vision Wards
Has a certain difficulty with machups that have a lot of peel
Is considered a champion that doesn’t need skill to play T_T
Skill Sequence
Some Talon players prefer to focus Cutthroat after maxing Rake to deal more damage after building their second item. However, if you focus Cutthroat instead of Noxian Diplomacy, you’ll lose a lot of split push potential, so I personally prefere Shadow Assault> Rake> Noxian Diplomacy> Cutthroat
Team Work
Overall, Talon is a mid-game champion. After lvl 6 you shoould focus on roaming and picking off targets out of position. In team fights, you must try to assassinate high-priority targets, be it an enemy Marsman or a squishy Mage. You can use your Shadow Assault to deal more damage or to reach the enemy carry while invisible.
Items
Here I’ll be going through some situtional items.
Maw of Malmortius : You shoud build it if you’re taking too much magic damage in lane or when the enemy team has two or more AP-based champions.
Sterak's Gage You should build this item when you are being easily bursted by enemy AD champions.
Trinity Force You should build this item if you’re having a good early game but your team doesn’t have a good team fight potential. Build it if you plan to split-push.
Boots of Mobility should build it only if you are leaving your lane a lot.
Lord Dominik's Regards You should build this item only if the enemy team has two or more Tanks.
Farming
When you play Talon, it is normal to have less farm than your opponent, since you’re a melee champion with mana limitation, and if you play too aggressive, you will be ganked. Try to farm safely until lvl 6, only then you should try to recover your disadvantage.
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