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If this is a good ahri, you'll have a hard time landing your rake and you can't all in her unless she's near the middle of the lane, NEVER dive an ahri with her charm up or else you'll get your butt handed to you
Lux
Very easy match up, just wait until level 2 an when she goes in for a farm OR if her E is on CD and she's not too close to tower, you can E-W her and get her low with some auto attacks
Brand
skill match up, you can dodge 2-3 of his abilities depending on how you go about laning with him. If he's worth his salt on brand, he can EWQ stun you when you e onto him, OR you can wait for him to use his w on a minion wave or attempting to use it on you from a distance and once he starts casting w you E onto him and use your full combo.
Ekko
Relatively easy he can do a whole lot of damage to you because his q is so predictable and is a relatively easy to dodge skillshot, so when that is down you can go in and get some damage off, but beware of his W, NEVER fight him in his w unless you have an advantage with health and/or mana
Diana
Extremely hard matchup depending on how good diana is because she has almost the same amount of asassination potential as you do, or perhaps even more if she's a diana main.
Fizz
Easier match up if he's careless with his E, and you can almost always dodge his ult, but if you don't you can ult when it's about to come up and try to run away from him until his DFG is gone
Jayce
Easy Matchup, as long as you stand a bit to the side of your minion wave, you can either make him forfeit CS or try to poke you. If he ever goes in for some farm with his melee form, you can get off some poke with w
Akali
Even worse laning phase than you, but you have a similar level 6, and it will be quite the bloodbath but you can kill her somewhat easily if you have your sweeper or a pink. You have faster burst than her, but you have to use it fast so she has no reaction time to use her combo because late game she can do almost your full health bar alone with her qr aa e combo if not all of it
Galio
Not very good mid vs you because if you can dodge his Q with your eqw + aa you will win the trade as long as you don't get into tower range with his ult, always be wary of his ult and his position because since you are melee he can easily bait you under his tower and his ult lasts for 2 seconds, so if he ults a minion wave and you, that'll easily be around 400 damage more or less from his ult, and with some tower shots that'll be your whole health bar or damn near close.
Fiora
Be weary of going onto her, with the Fiora rework she has good 1v1 potential, but her laning phase isn't the best. As long as you can forfeit some farm and just wait until you have items you can 1v1 her but with her w she has very good counter engage but very bad engage. As long as you don't E onto her, you can win the lane with your w poke
Malzahar
Be scared of him and just try to survive the lane by forfeiting some farm and trying to not get hit by his E when it's almost done with your minion wave. As long as try to not E onto him (unless you know you're going to die and if he's a tad bit squishy you might be able to kill him if you know you'll die from a gank you can attempt it) Otherwise, try to shove the wave when you're 6+ and just roam and when you come back to the lane with a little bit more gold than before you might able to 1v1 him in the middle of the lane as long as he doesn't have a ton of casters
Ezreal
Has such a bad early game now with the nerf to runeglaive, he's back to his old status of AP ezreal mid being a pocket pick and now he just has to wait until level 11 to start dishing out some good damage. As long as you stay behind your minions or if you can dodge 1 or 2 abilities when use your combo on him, you'll be in good shape.
PS. YOU'RE E TELEPORTS YOU TO THE FAR SIDE OF HIM, SO IF YOU E WHEN HE IS ULTING FORWARD, YOU CAN DODGE HIS ULT ENTIRELY!
Katarina
Skill matchup, it's the matchup of the roam king and queen, and to see who can get more kills on each other. You have more burst than her as long as she doesn't get a reset and it's just a 1v1. If you ult when she ults you can dodge her damage by simply getting out of range then e'ing back into her. It's also a good idea to engage on her when she just used her q and you aren't marked
LeBlanc
Another skill matchup, you can outplay her W by e'ing to her when she starts the w depending on how far she is going or on a minion away from the w damage. You can also do that with her E, but it's a bit harder. You can easily burst her level 6 but you have to be very careful and cautious of her early in the laning phase. If she's in your minion wave, don't be afraid to combo her
Kog'Maw
Same as ezreal, very weak laning phase, ok mid game and strong late game. However, you're talon, and you assassinate squishies under a second. This is even easier than ezreal, because ezreal has 2 escapes, E and Flash. Kog maw only has flash :)
Karthus
Be wary of him in laning phase and just all in him when he goes into a bush or near dragon.
Lulu
Be careful of her q's early game, but if you can survive the laning phase and once you're level 5 or 6 you can all in easily once she has been poked down a little bit. If she isn't too close to tower and if she's walking towards dragon, or even better, if she's walking towards an objective and has no zippy, just burst her right there and she'll blow flash
Anivia
Be careful of her stun, and if you can survive until later in the game or if she misplays her passive, you might be able to kill her, but be cautious of her combo because it's quite deadly and you might have to blow flash to get over her wall if you get caught out by it.
Lissandra
Be cautious of her throughout the entire game because once you go in, she can root you and then stun you and spam q's while you're stunned and rooted. Recommended to just roam when you push the wave
Orianna
Easy if you can dodge her ult and if you stay away from her ball and dodge her q and w damage, you can honestly all in her pre 6 and post 6 if you can outplay her ball
Riven
do not ever try to 1v1 her unless you're fed. A good Riven can mess you up with her W when you e onto her, and you'll be cc'd to death after that with help. Her laning phase is so much better than yours because she can e your w and take little to no damage. Very risky to all in her, and you're better off roaming after a shove.
Ryze
watch his passive stacks and engage when he's low on them or if he's somewhat low no mana, but just when his passive is over, that is the damage to engage. when his passive is up he can straight up one shot you, so be careful for that.
Mordekaiser
No mobility, can't really catch you but he can poke you down so if you play cautious until you get some more damage into your w and get brutalizer. If he's over extended, all in him if you have some good damage.
Urgot
Annoying to play against, his ult can mess up your combo. Play cautious
Morgana
As long as you don't dive her and you stay in your minion wave, easy match up.
Pantheon
Stay away like he has the plague.
Kayle
EXTREMELY annoying to verse good Kayles because if they ult when you E, they can avoid a lot of damage on them or their carry.
Swain
Do not 1v1 him, just roam and stay away from his abilities unless he is oom, even then, his passive can regen his mana quickly if he fights you in your minion wave while simultaneously waveclearing it
Syndra
Easier to verse, if you get to level 6 you can burst her and kill her once your cooldowns are over again. No mobility and has low damage until she maxes q or gets some items
Varus
Annoying to play against, dodge his skillshots and play EXTREMELY cautious when he is dodging his q because it doesn't take him long to q you 3 times and force you leave lane or get first blooded
Teemo
Annoying to lane with, easy to kill outside of lane. Make sure that you don't engage when you see his blinding dart flying
Twisted Fate
Ok matchup, you can dodge his tell tale wild cards by simply walking out of the way, and when his gold card is up DO NOT ENGAGE unless you see it already flying towards someone else or if you see him use blue card on a minion then engage
Veigar
As long as you aren't new and know talon's damage, you can zone him and poke almost freely and then engage when he has 50% HP
Vel'Koz
Extremely easy, when you see his E go out engage and burst him. very easy to get EXTREMELY AHEAD in this matchup. Wait for levels 4-6 and just first blood him
Viktor
Harder to kill because of his w placement. You have more burst than him in a sense, until he gets his powerspikes. engage when his e is on cooldown.
Azir
THE ORDER HAS BEEN GIVEN! Hold onto your e and just engage on him with w and q + aa and when he ults e onto him or flash and finish the job
Vladimir
As long as he doesn't pool your w and ult, you should be fine. Make sure that if he dodges your ult, run away while you're invisible
Xerath
Easy to dodge his stun if use your E, and then just burst him and easily kill him. Make sure that if you tower dive him, he doesn't have e or you know that he'll miss it.
Yasuo
Very interesting skill matchup. He can Windwall your w and ultimate which negates a lot of your damage, but even then he still out dps's you. Make sure that if you engage, you have a clear advantage and you know you can kill him. Make sure that if you do, their aren't too many minions nearby or targets to dash through to run away from your damage. ask for jungler to get ahead
Zed
He has more or less mobility than you, and can outplay your rake and ultimate, ask for jungler
Ziggs
same as jayce, stand to the side and dodge his skillshots, his mines do a ton of damage and slow hard
Zilean
dodge his q's and you'll be fine, not a whole lot of thought for this lane
Zyra
watch out for her root and ult and you should be fine, she has a ton of damage, but if you can avoid the root and q you can kill her. really annoying to lane agaisnt, but it's do-able
Karma
be careful of her ult damage and you'll be fine. try to roam more but the lane is easy her skillshots are ok to dodge, more annoying than dangerous early
Heimerdinger
he can be good and bad for you. if you can dodge his w and e and if you can destroy his turrets with tiamat w and ult, you can almost guaranteed kill him, even if thats a lot to keep in mind. he's really squishy, but if you push against him he'll slowpush with his turrets or freeze depending on his turrets positioning
Cho'Gath
dodge his q with e and do damage. he could burst you if you're not careful with his combo
Nidalee
stay behind minion wave and all in at 6
Annie
easy to avoid her damage, just wait until her q or w is on cooldown and all in but only if she is somewhat oom or if you have some jungle help
Cassiopeia
all in once you have some more items or unless she's in your minion wave. when she throws out her q and or w it's usually a safetime to e and burst
Kennen
just roam and run away from him do not engage he'll stun you and kill you
Fiddlesticks
if he drains you break the tether by walking away, and then engage back onto him with e and burst him down
Kassadin
he's anti ap, you're anti ap, but you're ad. ez pz lmn sqz
Sona
she has good early game poke, but if you can dodge her ult or just kill her before she can use her ult, you'll be in good shape. don't try to poke her unless you start flask and regen all the mana to match up her sustain
Talon
One of the most confusing mirror match ups and you guys can literally use your full combo on each other and who ever is honestly just better at talon will win.
Elise
Be cautious of her and just roam, she has strong kill potential on you
Hello, my name is The RatMan 420 and I played Talon to get to Gold and learned a lot on the way there. I learned a lot about team fighting, positioning, spacing, and the play styles you can do when you play an assassin.
Talon as a champion
Talon as a champion
Pro's Good Snowball potential Very good assassination (amazing at flanking) Good at catching out individual enemies
Con's Needs items to deal tons of damage Few escapes Can make you use the suicide bomber playstyle
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