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Spells:
Exhaust
Flash
Ability Order
Blade's End (PASSIVE)
Talon Passive Ability
Introduction
Talon's earliest memories are the darkness of Noxus' underground passages and the reassuring steel of a blade. He has no memory of family, warmth, or kindness. Instead, the clink of stolen gold and the security of a wall at his back are all the kinship he has ever craved. Kept alive only by his quick wits and deft thievery, Talon scraped out a living in the seedy underbelly of Noxus. His incredible skills with the blade earned him great notoriety. Various guilds sent assassins against him with a demand: join their ranks or be killed. His response was to leave the bodies of his pursuers stuffed in a dark corner or dumped in Noxus' moat. Having lived on the streets, Talon knew better than to waste - he claimed a blade from every failed attempt on his life, gathering a seemingly endless collection of weaponry.
The assassination attempts grew increasingly dangerous until one assailant met Talon blade-for-blade in a match of strength. To his astonishment, Talon was disarmed. He was facing down his executioner's sword when the assassin revealed himself to be General Du Couteau. The General offered Talon the standard of life that befitted an agent of the Noxian High Command in exchange for his allegiance. Talon accepted on the condition that his service was to Du Couteau alone, for the only type of orders he could respect were from one he could not defeat. Talon remained in the shadows, carrying out assassinations on Du Couteau's orders until the day that the general disappeared. Talon's suspicions led him to the doors of the Institute of War, where he joined the League of Legends in order to find the parties responsible for Du Couteau's disappearance.
"The three deadliest blademasters in all of Valoran are bound to the house of Du Couteau: my father, myself, and Talon." - Katarina Du Couteau
The assassination attempts grew increasingly dangerous until one assailant met Talon blade-for-blade in a match of strength. To his astonishment, Talon was disarmed. He was facing down his executioner's sword when the assassin revealed himself to be General Du Couteau. The General offered Talon the standard of life that befitted an agent of the Noxian High Command in exchange for his allegiance. Talon accepted on the condition that his service was to Du Couteau alone, for the only type of orders he could respect were from one he could not defeat. Talon remained in the shadows, carrying out assassinations on Du Couteau's orders until the day that the general disappeared. Talon's suspicions led him to the doors of the Institute of War, where he joined the League of Legends in order to find the parties responsible for Du Couteau's disappearance.
"The three deadliest blademasters in all of Valoran are bound to the house of Du Couteau: my father, myself, and Talon." - Katarina Du Couteau
Pros
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Cons
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Marks
Greater Mark of Desolation
Armor Penetration is the mark of choice on most melee champions, and this rule applies to Talon as well. It allows you to almost ignore the enemy base armor and some runes.
If you don't have them, or just want to run something else, I recommend using flat Attack Damage marks. This will buff Talon's auto attacks, but more importantly boost his abilities damage output.
Seals
Mana Regeneration per level counters almost any mana problems Talon runs into. It also allows you to stay in your lane/teamfights/pushes longer without going OOM.
If you're more concerned with survivability, flat Armor seals are your best bet.
Glyphs
Magic Resistance buffs your early game survivability, and carries through somewhat to mid and late game.
Another strong choice for Glyphs is flat Cooldown Reduction, which will allow Talon to use his abilities much more often.
Quintessences
Greater Quintessence of Desolation
Movement speed on Talon is huge, and has several uses such as traveling between lanes for ganks, getting in and out of team fights quicker, chasing down fleeing opponents, and escaping near-death situations (when coupled with your Ultimate).
If the mobility doesn't feel like your first choice, or you don't have the Movespeed Quints, I recommend using either Armor Penetration or flat Attack Damage. Try and match it to the type of runes you used for Marks.
Greater Mark of Desolation

Armor Penetration is the mark of choice on most melee champions, and this rule applies to Talon as well. It allows you to almost ignore the enemy base armor and some runes.
If you don't have them, or just want to run something else, I recommend using flat Attack Damage marks. This will buff Talon's auto attacks, but more importantly boost his abilities damage output.
Seals


Mana Regeneration per level counters almost any mana problems Talon runs into. It also allows you to stay in your lane/teamfights/pushes longer without going OOM.
If you're more concerned with survivability, flat Armor seals are your best bet.
Glyphs


Magic Resistance buffs your early game survivability, and carries through somewhat to mid and late game.
Another strong choice for Glyphs is flat Cooldown Reduction, which will allow Talon to use his abilities much more often.
Quintessences


Movement speed on Talon is huge, and has several uses such as traveling between lanes for ganks, getting in and out of team fights quicker, chasing down fleeing opponents, and escaping near-death situations (when coupled with your Ultimate).
If the mobility doesn't feel like your first choice, or you don't have the Movespeed Quints, I recommend using either Armor Penetration or flat Attack Damage. Try and match it to the type of runes you used for Marks.





Mercy Mercy: Mercy grants you bonus damage to enemies under Crowd Control effects. This has great synergy with abilities in his toolkit like



You're going to want to max out


Tips and Tricks
- Since
Noxian Diplomacy resets your attack timer, try and use it immediately following an auto attack.
- Use
Noxian Diplomacy on champions like
Akali
Twitch
Teemo
Shaco and
Evelynn to make sure that you can keep track of them through their invisibilities.

You're going to want to max out


Tips and Tricks
- The slow from
Rake triggers your passive, Mercy. Use this to your advantage when setting up kills and ganks for maximum damage.
- Instead of face checking a brush, you can shoot
Rake into it. With your sound effects turned on, it will make a noise if the blades connect with an enemy.
- Use
Rake often when chasing.
- When fleeing from a fight, shooting
Rake behind you can buy you time to get away.
Cutthroat Cutthroat: Cutthroat instantly transports you behind your target, silencing them amplifying your damage against them. Unlike Jax's


You're going to want to max out Cutthroat after


Tips and Tricks
- When stealthed from your ultimate, Cutthroat to an enemy to teleport behind them, and watch as all your blades hit them coming back to you.
- Loading up
Noxian Diplomacy before using Cutthroat is a great harassing combo. Cutthroat in, apply
Noxian Diplomacy, walk away. /sunglasses


You're going to want to put points into

Tips and Tricks
- When being chased, activate
Shadow Assault, and run back a different path to juke them. They will think you continued running the same way, and you can go b while in a bush somewhere else on the map.
- For some astounding ganks, activate
Noxian Diplomacy and
Shadow Assault in a bush, Cutthroat to them to come out of seemingly nowhere,
Rake to slow them fleeing. /sunglasses.
- To do a lot of damage almost instantly to a low-health target, double-tap
Shadow Assault to shoot the blades in and pull them right back.
- Always start out with your first
Doran's Blade. The AD buffs yours skill damage, the health makes you less of a squishy, and the lifesteal, while small, does help some to keep you in lane.
- On your first trip back, try to have at least 825 gold so you purchase your
Boots and second
Doran's Blade.
- I try not to stack more than two
Doran's Blade's, because otherwise your build is being delayed too much. Having two really beefs you up, however, and allows you to be a much bigger early game threat.
ALWAYS upgrade your boots immediately after your second
Doran's Blade.








The above build order is the order you should you use for any game you are doing well during or when you face a balanced team comp.

















I recommend finishing up your build with a second

(9/29/11) Reformatted the item section, doing a lot of cleaning up.
(p/28/11) Formatting changes, started cleaning things up and making the look pretty.
(9/22/11) It's been awhile, but I've tested other builds and messed around with them, and re-adjusted my items. Added secondary rune choices.
(8/27/11) Updated build order. Phage, then finish Bloodthirster, then Frozen Mallet.
(8/27/11) Added section "Scores and Screenshots". Feel free to send in your good scores through comments and links so I can put them there!
(8/26/11) Changed my last item from 'The Black Cleaver' to a second Bloodthirster.
(p/28/11) Formatting changes, started cleaning things up and making the look pretty.
(9/22/11) It's been awhile, but I've tested other builds and messed around with them, and re-adjusted my items. Added secondary rune choices.
(8/27/11) Updated build order. Phage, then finish Bloodthirster, then Frozen Mallet.
(8/27/11) Added section "Scores and Screenshots". Feel free to send in your good scores through comments and links so I can put them there!
(8/26/11) Changed my last item from 'The Black Cleaver' to a second Bloodthirster.
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