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Spells:
Ignite
Flash
Ability Order
Blade's End (PASSIVE)
Talon Passive Ability
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Hi there. A couple weeks ago I bought
Talon and liked play him. I've read many guides at mobafire.com, solomid.net and lolpro.com and decided to create my own guide. Just try to play as I have written here.
Talon is such a very good killer, assassin who can destroy every enemy mid if he is played well. He is coutner for many popular champions who usually can go to mid-lane for example
Morgana,
Kassadin,
Gragas. He is strong AD champion so it's innovation in games at mid. Talon can do a lot of damage, because of his burst, he can use 2 auto-attacks (if you play well and got 399 speed at start). Both are amplified by 15% from Cutthroat, so why don't we easily kill the enemy?
Talon is a champion who should be played at Mid-lane. You can pick him when you are not first pick (you can easily counter enemy!) and when enemy take
Veigar,
Gragas,
Ahri,
LeBlanc. I do not recommend playing
Talon at solo top, because there are a lot of champions who could delete u. Only versus
Fiora,
Talon is good. Or against weak
Riven players. Try to avoid fighting versus
Mordekaiser,
Yorick and of course
Malphite, terror of top-lane.
"The three deadliest blademasters in all of Valoran are bound to the house of Du Couteau: my father, myself, and Talon. Challenge us, if you dare." -
Katarina du Couteau

















"The three deadliest blademasters in all of Valoran are bound to the house of Du Couteau: my father, myself, and Talon. Challenge us, if you dare." -

It would seem that as
Talon should be played as every ad champ ;) but there a lot of choices. I prefer runes like these:
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Phase Rush
A lot of speed! 399 speed at the beginning* let us escape quickly and deal damage faster.
Talon uses
Mana so I think Greater Seal of Replenishment could be good to use our abilities more often.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage are also good, we have more AD thanks to them.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist could be best side of defence before enemy Mid champ (Of course, we assume that our opponent will be standard form AP - eg
Morgana,
Kennen, because if we fight against AD character, we need to change our runes). When we fighting against
Tryndamere,
Pantheon,
Xin Zhao at Mid we need to take
Greater Seal of Armor. There are many ways which runes we should take. Sometimes runes like Greater Mark of Desolation could be better than
Greater Mark of Attack Damage, but I like extra starting AD.
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* Of course, if we started with
Boots.

Runes




A lot of speed! 399 speed at the beginning* let us escape quickly and deal damage faster.











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* Of course, if we started with

I suggest to take these:
Only fools pledge life to honor" - beacuse
Talon is a killer.
Swiftness
is good choice to make us faster.
Expanded Mind
give us extra
Mana per level. I do not recommend
Runic Affinity
because if we play solo, not always our jungler could give us Crest of Ancient Golem, because he could think he needs it more - then it would be a waste of 1 point in masteries. This way is safer. And we do not need
Havoc
, it is unnecessary for
Talon.
Only fools pledge life to honor" - beacuse







Mercy is our innate skill. Every time when
Talon does autoattack target that is slowed, stunned, immobilized or suppressed, he deals 10% additional damage to that target.
Talon is a good option for team if your allies have a lot of
Crowd Control.
"Q" -
Noxian Diplomacy is a skill which make next
Talon's autoattack (within the next 6 seconds) deals additional physical damage. If the target is a champion they will also bleed for 6 seconds, taking additional physical damage each second and revealing their location for the duration. Sometimes it is a great in conjunction with the
Ignite. This ability can be used at turrets!
"W" -
Rake -
Talon sends out a volley of daggers in a cone that then quickly return back to him, every dagger is dealing physical damage to any enemies it passes through. Each enemy can only be damaged once at the start of the ability and once at the end. Additionally the enemy is slowed for 2 seconds, refreshing the duration of the slow if they are hit twice.
"E" - Cutthroat -
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying his damage against that target for 3 seconds. Great way to catch enemy's caster out. And it can be used to escape - Cutthroat at enemy minion and run!
"R" -
Shadow Assault -
Talon disperses a ring of blades outwards and gains stealth for up to 2.5 seconds while gaining 40% movement speed. When
Talon emerges from stealth, the blades converge on his location. When the ring of blades expands and contracts, enemies hit receive physical damage. Each enemy can only be damaged once at the start of the ability and once at the end. Great ability to escape or to kill anyone.



"Q" -



"W" -


"E" - Cutthroat -

"R" -



Starting items
I suggest to start with


















Early-game items
After first return to base, I usually take 2



Boots
I usually use







Mid-game items
Great item for








Late-game items
I suggest take









Situational items
As I usually say: "We need to play as our enemy let us". Sometimes we should protect ourselves firstly, then deal damage. If game is hard, we need to buy




I do not recommend








Pros:
+ very mobile champion, so we are able to gank with easily,
+ we can counter most AP carries,
+
Talon is great for single target focusing,
+ can be invisible for a moment,
+ strong auto-attack damage.
+ something like Kassadin played as AD champion, don't you think?
+ great synergy with
Janna's
Eye Of The Storm - it gives us a lot of extra AD, and a shield, so if you have
Janna as support in your team, you could be happy.
+ dark, mysterious, assassin!
Cons:
- our team could need strong AP carry in late game,
- weak against AD characters or skilled
Ryze and
Cassiopeia, and against bruisers eg
Mordekaiser,
- very mana hungry if we are samming abilities,
- it needs skill for play,
- if they have oracle, we are lost.
+ very mobile champion, so we are able to gank with easily,
+ we can counter most AP carries,
+

+ can be invisible for a moment,
+ strong auto-attack damage.
+ something like Kassadin played as AD champion, don't you think?
+ great synergy with



+ dark, mysterious, assassin!
Cons:
- our team could need strong AP carry in late game,
- weak against AD characters or skilled



- very mana hungry if we are samming abilities,
- it needs skill for play,
- if they have oracle, we are lost.
Burst
After 3rd level, you can harass your enemy using Cutthroat,


Poke
When you can, use

Dodge
See that


Good bye, my lover
Start with




Ganks
Remember to our innate ability Mercy inflicts increased damage weakened and stunned characters, so try to combine your activities with someone who can





I really like to play as
Talon. Sometimes I had a pleasure to counter
Morgana and it was very nice. Playing as
Talon give me a lot of fun and make me happy. Of course, one can say that
Talon is not for everyone, but I think he is one of my favouirite champions in League of Legends. Come and enjoy to playing
Talon and "Another body for the gutter" - as he says...

Thanks for every advice! Comment and vote please :) Enjoy!






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