Talon General Guide by ze kraken

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Offense: 21

Defense: 9

Utility: 0

Threats to Talon with this build

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Threat		Notes
1	Yasuo	It's an easy match up, farm safely until 6 and kill him, or if you managed to poke him down because he got too cocky, you can kill him before at level 5.
1	Twisted Fate	Easy as it gets, this is such a fail pick , you've been handed the lane. If he roams, push hard, once you get tiamat that's an easy turret. He's also really squishy, so an easy kill.
1	Syndra	She can't land her skills fast enough to burst you, and she can't land her skills if she can't see you. Wait until 6 and kill her, or wait pre 6 to see if you can exhaust her mana and then... kill her.
1	Azir	He's as good as useless to his team, you beat him once you hit 6 and maybe even 5 if he didn't poke you too much. Late game you're a high mobility monster, so enjoy your win.
1	Vel'Koz	An easy pick. For Vel to land his skills requires a lot of effort, which for Talon a high mobility assassin makes an easy target.
2	Lux	She's annoying for her range, but if she ever q's you can burst her with E avoiding her q and sending her into panic.
3	LeBlanc	Avoid her early level 2-3 burst since you have no magic resist. If she takes your w pokes she'll be an easy kill on 6. She needs to click you to kill you, so stealthed it will be easy. She's also really squishy.
3	Nidalee	Asides from running, she can't keep up with you, just dodge her spears , once ignited her heals are useless - wait for level 6 and if you get a kill you'll have a huge advantage on her.
3	Heimerdinger	Fairly easy, you do AOE damage, you can eventually clean up his turrets or use your ult to hide from pappa turret. He'll be dead before he can pull it out anyways.
4	Veigar	You own him early, so he'll play safe, roam a lot if he doesn't push his lane, if he does punish him by killing him. You can E to him if he tries to stun you. Late you'll have banshees, so no problem.
4	Karthus	It's not a hard lane, you push hard while avoiding his pokes and he'll eventually deplete his mana too fast. Or you play safe and burst him later. You have a better chance at this by using your ult often in order to pick up his rest 30s later and not die in his defile.
4	Kassadin	It's an even match but he has a lot of escapes. Ignore him after you push the lane, go gank the other lanes.
4	Teemo	He's annoying while he pokes you and his Q kills your damage, so engage hidden with your ult, walk up with E without him knowing and you'll be fine to kill him.
4	Viktor	His stun takes too long to charge, you can kill him before his stun works in mid game. Early i'd rather avoid a confrontation.
5	Akali	It's a skill match-up, if you have ignite or a kill lead , you should be able to kill her before she can heal through attacks.
5	Orianna	Even though Ori is squishy, her shield can save her from your engages as well as R'ing herself, leaving you open to pokes, slows and death. Once she gets Zhonya's you should focus another person. Once you're in late you can burst her without using your ult unless she has a really tanky build.
5	Ahri	For some reason people think ahri counters Talon; not true. Your ult CD is low, burst her, burn off her ult, wait for your next ult, kill her off.
6	Xerath	If you can get into his range he's dead, but that will rarely happen with a good xerath.
7	Anivia	Again, a skill match up, kill her early or she'll be a pain with her slows and stuns. Get the jungler to help you burst her egg, kill her afterwards before she gets the egg back.
7	Zed	Equal match, unless he has a pink you have the edge on him, engage first, ult when he ults, walk around him avoiding damage and finish him off. If you managed to poke him down with w then you should be able to kill him easily.
7	Brand	It's not impossible to beat brand, it's not easy either, he has the longest aa range after annie so he can poke you day and night, his stun is also easy to pull off thanks to his range. Better be safe and get help, or outscale him and kill him post level 6.
7	Fizz	This guy is beatable, but he's a pain, if he's really skilled you should play safe. His ult makes you visible in your ult, so you have to engage first which means he might just ult himself and kill you. His E also dodges your W, so if you engage first with E, see if he doesn't E automatically first. Once he has zhonya he's hard to kill.
7	Cassiopeia	She's dangerous, she has a slow, a stun, and is fast and annoying. But you can still burst her, get some help early and you'll be fine.
7	Riven	She has a lot of cc, you can try to burst her if you've poked her down a bit, making her shield a bit less useful. Use your ult while she has her shield up and before she stuns you. Finish her off when you see her shield go away.
7	Ziggs	Similar to lux, if he wastes his w, engage, since he can't peel off your E anymore. Be wary of his ult tho.
8	Galio	He's tanky and deals damage, and if you engage he will ult. Not a nice lane.
8	Katarina	You can't stop her ult... So you shouldn't have picked Talon vs Kata. You can beat her early, but you can't beat her late unless your team works properly together to take her out and avoid her resets.
8	Lissandra	Another counter to Talon, but this one you can beat with some effort. Avoid her early poke, if she started ROA killing her will be harder after each level, but if she's going nuke, you still stand a chance. Keep in mind it's better to kill her before her ult.
9	Vladimir	If he's good, you're screwed, just like the troll poll, vlad can avoid a lot of dmg wit his pool, although ignite and bleed does go through it. Later if he gets tankier you probably can't take him out.
10	Mordekaiser	No, no, no, no, no.... Just don't, ask for a lane switch or play safe and get kills elsewhere. Even if you're more skilled than Kaiser, it will be hard to kill him.
10	Malphite	If he goes tank, you can't kill him. But he can kill you. You also can't run away from him, it's a horrible match up.
10	Diana	A nasty match up, you can beat her if you get an early gank, but her shield early is a pain and so is her slow because you'll be taking minion aggro and diana aggro. After 6 if you didn't burst her, you're dead.
10	Fiddlesticks	You rarely see a mid fiddles, but his fear kills your whole engage. All he has to do is avoid your ignite and go ROA and zhonya's.
10	Cho'Gath	After Kaiser, this guy is your next big counter. If you engage him he'll q himself and finish you off with W, R. He eventually gets so tanky you can't do anything about it.
10	Swain	You can't beat swain. Ask for a lane switch or ganks. It's even worse if he has teleport. He'll out exp and gold you.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Why play Talon?

How to play Talon Early

Talon mid-late

Introduction

Hey everybody, I'm Ze Kraken and welcome to my Talon guide!

What you need to know about me: I love Talon, for a while i had a smurf account where I only played Talon and as troll as it sounds, I got to gold by SUPP/JUNG/TOP/ADC and normal mid-laner Talon. He's simply that good.

I'm not challenger, but I hardly lose a lane with Talon and I have a nice KDA of 12/7/7 in over 200 games this season alone. So you can take this guide pretty serious. Let's get this started then...

Why play Talon?

PRO
+ You can one shot everybody, even off-tanks, but never full tanks or hyper tanks.
+ Stealth mode and Area of Effect damage is great for team fights
+ Good wave clear
+ Short ult CD
+ 2 Slows
+ You counter most AP carries
+ He's hard to gank
+ He's underrated, but can carry very hard, nobody will expect you
+ Very strong mid-late game

CON
- Squishy
- Once you ult, you have no other escape
- Has to go in, very deep into the fights
- No heavy CC
- Forces other lanes to pick AP
- Weak early game

How to play Talon Early

You don't deal damage levels 1-4 so focus on farming and keep your potions ready against all poke - and you will get poked! So buy what I told you to! If you get ganked, E towards their jungler and walk away, or if you're worried elise or maokai might snare or stun you, flash after you E towards their jungler. If you have a choice, walk in the opposite direction of them unless it's too risky.

Once you're level 5 you can dish out good damage with your w, you should also be able to buy a pick axe for your tiamat. If they are around half health and don't have heal or shield you can probably kill them off. Tiamat is a must! You can clear waves easier and it will give you some sustain in lane.

Once you hit level 6, unleash talon's full potential, go gank bot or top and watch how they all cower in fear. Or kill your lane. You won't really need blue buff, it's even a good idea to give it to your jungler so they can level up better and be more useful to your team. I personally always take blue late game to improve cool-downs and sure... eventually for mana.

Talon mid-late

Now you should be strong enough to burst most champs, unless you fell behind. You should be focusing the adc or the ap if they don't have zhonya yet, of course if you're fed, feel free to take on anybody you think you can burst.

Your Combos:

E + W + Q + R is your standard bread and butter for 1v1.

In tf's the best choice is usually:

R + E W Q to engage stealthed and so nobody can stun you before you deal your nuke.

Be reasonable, there are more than 1 way to play talon, one is as aoe bomber the other one is as assassin, the latter one leaving you outside the tf waiting for your CD to go off.