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N1ngendo's Talon 4 Free Elo
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The Fullpen Build
Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Blade's End (PASSIVE)
Talon Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Fizz
The fish is OP. His E can deny your whole burst and if his Ult hits you, you will be dead most of the times.
Just farm and try not to die against him
Introduction
Who Am I ?
My name is N1ngendo and I am currently ranked Diamond V in Dynamic/Solo Queue on the EUW server of League of Legends. I play Talon since Season 4 and usually I would consider myself succesfull playing him.

As you can see I only played 78 ranked matches with

Since season 6 I am also listed as the 936 best Talon in the world in the LoLSkill-Toplist.

Why do I like Talon and started playing him?
As I said above I started playing


Am I talking trash and are not experienced or good with Talon at all ?
No I am not talking bull.... ! On the following image you can see a few of my Talon stats.

You can see that I am probably able to play Talon, even if I would not call myself a good Talonplayer because my Elo is just not high enough and I never realy played against some Highelo main midlaner in rank yet. ^^
Why am I doing this guide ?
I really wanted to do this guide because I know there are players out there who are probably stuck in some kind of elohell and are probably searching for help or just want to try a new strong champion. I would like to help those of you who want to learn

So those of you who will keep scrolling down, be ready to get Talonized and Talonhyped and to gain some "Free Elo". Please enjoy this guide and learn how to play

What are Talon's strengths and weaknesses ?
Talon is a meele ranged Assassin with a nice kit for bursting solo targets or even an entire team. His basic dmg isn't really good but his scalings are kinda insane probably caused by his Passive mercy and his E cutthroat. With mercy Talon's autoattacks deal 10% more dmg to stunned,slowed,suppresed,sneared or silenced champions. In combination with his Cutthroat which increases the dealt dmg to his target up to 15% for 3 seconds (!!!), this means his AA and




Pros

Cons
"Talon 4 Free Elo" Runepage
First of all I have to say that the Runepage above is just one out of 3 Runepages I am using for Talon but it's definetly my favourite Runepage and I am always using it if I know I will win my lane kinda easy. With the 3



In my Seals I use


As Glyphs I am using 3



"Talon vs AP" Runepage
This Runepage is exactly like the one above with one difference : You will remove the Scaling CD Runes with




"Talon vs AD" Runepage
You will remove the Health with








Other options you have for Talon
Of course you do not have to use my Runepages and there are other options for some Runes I am using.
Instead of my Greater Mark of Armor Penetration you could use the


You could also remove my



For the Glyphs there is only one real option you can use and this is the

The only correct Masterypage for Talon
The masteries for

NEW !!!: Since






The best Keymastery you can use is


The rest is kinda obvious.








How to skill on Talon
Not that much to tell here. It is pretty easy. You will always Max your W

After, you always go for your Q

The E Cutthroat is a super strong lategame spell and will increas your Damage by 15% after you put the 5th point in it. Here I have to add that some Talonplayers max this spell after


And of course always put a point in your R

The Speels and why you will love Talon after you played him once
Mercy MERCY












Cutthroat Cutthroat
Cutthroat is probably the reason why



Anyways, Cutthroat will be the last skill you max. The reason is simple. This spell will increase your Damage in lategame a lot but before, you will need the Damage from your



There is not much to explain about




Which items are strong on Talon and which items are not?
In this chapter I'll tell you what items you can use while playing

The Boots
For

1.

This is your regular buy if you play

2.

You will go for these boots if you are playing against an high burst AP Carry and you need to survive their skillrotation. Examples are



3.

Buy these boots if you play against an AD Midlaner and you are behind or if you play against an complete AD Team. Examples are



The Coreitems
1.


Since









2.

These boots are important for your roaming and will help you and your team with gaining kills. If you roam and get 1 or 2 kills, you will start snowballing, giving you the chance to destroy all of your opponents 1 v 1 later on. Buy them as soon as possible AFTER your

3.



The Items you will get after your Core!
1.

The



It also has a great synergie with

2.

You build the


3.

Since its release, the Duskblade is an overall good item for AD Assassins in general. You can go for this item right after your Youmuus, or if you have to build

The last Item and your different Itemoptions
Your last item can be different from game to game. You will decide what kind of Item you need by how your game is going or the teamcomp.
If you are faceing some high CC team and getting focused you should probably go for





1.

Usually I do build

2.

As I said above, go for this Item if you face a lot of CC but still need some more Damage or MR.
3.

Trinity is kind of a trolly Item on



If you hit a critical strike with



THIS IS SERIOUSLY OVERPOWERED.
4.

You can go for this Item if you do not need more HP or resistances. It has very good Damage, a Passive that makes you kind of tanky and good sustain. Overall a good Item.
But please never build this Item instead of

5.

This Item can be bought earlier, for example as 3rd Item after your


6.

This Item seems to be pretty good with 65 AD, 10% CD Reduce and its Passive, but in the end I can just say, please do not buy this Item!!! It seems strong but it really is not worth a buy. Getting healed by 12% of your dealt Damage sounds good, but the heal you will receive is so tiny, you wont even recognize you got healed (



7.


These two Items are situational. You will go for




8.




These 4 are your tanky Itemoptions. It is pretty clear when to buy what.
Go for


Buy

The


Earlygame



As soon as you reach level 6 you can start to be more aggressive, because you will be able to kill your laneopponent very fast now. Try to poke him 1 or 2 times with your

Midgame
As soon as you got your boots and level 6, you can start roaming.


Important is, even if you are behind you should start roaming.



Lategame
The lategame is kind of simple. You should try to stay with your team and never go alone if you have no vision around. If you have vision and can see someone of the enemyteam out of position, you should try to catch him or her. Your lategameburst should be high enough to kill everyone with your combo. So as long as you dont try to kill a tank you should be fine. But be carefull, never try to catch someone if you do not have vision around or if you cant see the rest of the enemyteam, otherwise you will maybe die and lose your game. If you arent confident or just not well ingame, try to stay with your team. Wait for engages and try to kill the carrys of the enemyteam. Maybe you will die, but there is a very high chance you kill 1 or 2 Champions and if not, they used lots of skills and summonerspells to stop you and this should open the chance for your teammates to kill the whole enemyteam.



As soon as you hit lvl 4 or 5 you start poking, but be carefull! You will easy run out of mana.
Best thing is to wait for a gank early and destroy your laneopponent as soon as you hit lvl 6.
Anyways I will list up all important Skillrotations of

The Poke
You will usually use these Pokerotations/combos during laningphase. Later when both teams group up you should not try to poke because of your short range.
If you want to poke your laneopponent always wait for his/her spells to be on cooldown. You can engage them now without getting punished. This is a rule you should always think of. If your enemy has everything on CD, he/her is automatically unable to deal damage to you when you engage them. Pretty simple and pretty effective.
Here are the pokecombs you can use with

1."Pre 6 All In"
Cutthroat > AA >


Damage: Around 250 - 400 HP
2."Just a little Damage"
Cutthroat >


Damage: Around 150 - 250 HP
3."Rake them down"

Damage: Around 60 - 150 HP (You can use your

4."Change the Order"


Damage: Around 200 - 300 HP
All of these rotations and their averrage damage is only before you hit level 6!!! Of course the damage of these rotations will increase during the game
The All In
You will use the following skillrotations if you want to take a kill. As soon as you hit your level 6 you can go all in. But remember, its easier for you if you wait for your laneopponent to use his/her spells, so they cant do anything against you when you go for them.
By the way, if one of these rotations does hit without missing a single spell, you will oneshot your enemy. And it comes of really, really fast. ^^
1.The "Oh lol I am dead ?"
Cutthroat > AA >




Damage: Around 600 - 2500 HP
(The damage you will deal depends on how much AD, Armorpen, Critchance you have and how much Armor and HP your target has.)
2.The "AOE Damage Bomb"
Cutthroat > AA >




Damage: Around 600 - 2500 HP
(The damage you will deal depends on how much AD, Armorpen, Critchance you have and how much Armor and HP your target's have.)
3.The "AOE Damage Bomb V2"
Cutthroat > AA >




Damage: Same as above
4."The Lategame Oneshot"
Cutthroat > AA >

Cutthroat >

Damage: Enough for every Carry !!! You only need to hit a critical strike
WARNING !!! COULD LEAD TO RAGEQUITS OR FLAME
F.e Jhin(enemy team): "Talon is rly a fun Champ and completely balanced. Thy Riot wp ...."
Riven(enemy team): "balanced ...."
Here is a short video, where you can see how much fun
Talon can be and how to use the skillcombos and how it looks like if you get used to them
Can you pick Talon in every match up?
No and yes! It really depends on how experienced and comfortable you are with

In Season 5 you could pick

For example :
Last Season you could pick him in every match up because of the insane armorpen you could reach with the old Last Whisper, Black Cleaver, Youmus Ghostblade, Masteries and Runes. You were able to Reduce someones armor by nearly 70%. This was amazing and you had not to worry about Tanks like



Now, if you have to face




So lets summarize up when you can/should pick
Talon and when you should not pick him.
If your team is full ad, meaning toplane is AD and jngl is AD, you need to decide if you can pick

If they have 1 Tank you should decide by the fact how comfortable you are on

Do you know that you will win your lane ? Is your own teamcomp strong, even if it is full AD ?
If you are going to face 2 or more tanks you should not pick

NEW !!!: Right Now we have some kind of unkillable tank meta! In nearly every game you will see at least 1 Fulltank. The problem right now is that these Tanks (



Pick Talon when...
- Your Team has 1 or two AP champs
- You have no or low CC against you (Could be Free Elo)
- You have a strong frontline and good engage (F.e

- You know you will win your lane and you can roam and snowball hard
- You are one of these "Talongods", like Vapora Dark, LessQQ or N1ngendo
Dont Pick Talon when...
- You know you will lose your lane
- You are facing a lot of CC
- You are going to face many fulltanks
- Your teamcomp needs some AP, because it would be useless otherwise
You have to decide if you can pick Talon when...
- You face an unknown or hard match up
- You will face 1 or more tanks but the enemy team has nearly no CC
- You face 1 Fulltank like


- You face a lot of CC but you have a strong engage and frontline

This was my very first guide so please feel free to comment and like or dislike it, I am always open for some critic.
But please dont judge my english I am from Germany and not a native english speaker. Anyways I hope my english was not to bad and that you were able to understand everything I wrote down.
If you guys have questions or something, write it down in the commentarysection and feel free to add my LoL Account : N1ngendo if you have questions about Talon.
You can also find me on Youtube (Name : N1ngendo), where you can find some video about Talonplays and League of Legends generally. But be warned every video has german commentary except the best of videos, or the video I made for this guide. It has the same name by the way, "N1ngendo's Talon 4 Free Elo"
Machts gut und viel spaß beim Rank !
C ya soon, have fun playing ranks !
N1ngendo
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