How to beat Talon

Common role: Mid / Jungle

A roaming assassin who parkours the map and one-shots squishies.

What makes Talon dangerous

Talon opens with a rake (W) bleed, closes with a jumping Q for bonus damage, and vaults over walls with his passive to gank and roam constantly. His ultimate goes invisible and detonates blades for lethal burst. Left alone he snowballs the whole map.

How to play against Talon

• 1Ward your flanks and river — his wall-hops mean ganks come from anywhere.
• 2Buy an early armor item or Seeker's/Cloth — his combo is all physical burst.
• 3Don't walk up low: he needs the full W→Q combo, so deny him the jump range.
• 4Track his roams and ping mid — a Talon who can't snowball falls off hard.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Falls off in the late game versus tanks and grouped teams.
• ✓No escape when his E is on cooldown — collapse and kill him.
• ✓Very gankable; a well-warded lane shuts his roams down.
• ✓Struggles into armor and any peel for the carry.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Talon's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Saignée fatale

  Les compétences de Talon blessent les champions et les grands monstres (cumulable 3 fois). Quand Talon lance une attaque de base sur un champion portant 3 effets Blessure, ce champion se met à saigner et subit d'importants dégâts sur la durée.

  Strong: three bleed stacks trigger a big execute, rewarding his full combo. Weak: needs the whole W→Q combo to stack — deny one hit and the execute falls short.

• Q
  Diplomatie noxienne

  Talon poignarde l'unité ciblée. S'il est en mêlée, cette attaque inflige des dégâts critiques. S'il est à distance, Talon saute sur la cible avant de la poignarder. Talon regagne des PV et le délai de récupération est réduit si la compétence tue la cible.

  Strong: a gap-closing strike with bonus damage up close. Weak: has a fixed jump range — stay spaced so he can't reach with the empowered hit.

• W
  Ratissage

  Talon projette une volée de lames qui reviennent ensuite vers lui, infligeant des dégâts physiques à chaque fois qu'elles transpercent un ennemi. En revenant, les lames infligent des dégâts supplémentaires et ralentissent les unités touchées.

  Strong: a fan of blades that applies bleed and slows on the return. Weak: skillshot with a gap in the middle — sidestep the return blades.

• E
  Voie de l'assassin

  Talon saute par-dessus n'importe quel terrain ou bâtiment, jusqu'à une distance maximale. Cette compétence a un court délai de récupération, mais le terrain franchi a un long délai de récupération.

  Strong: vaults over any wall for unmatched roam and gank pressure. Weak: short cooldown but a fixed one — catch him when it's down.

• R
  Assaut ténébreux

  Talon projette des lames autour de lui et devient invisible, augmentant sa vitesse de déplacement. Quand Talon redevient visible, les lames reviennent vers lui. Chaque fois que les lames se déplacent, Assaut ténébreux inflige des dégâts physiques aux ennemis touchés par au moins une lame.

  Strong: goes invisible and rains blades for lethal burst. Weak: control wards and pings track him; the blades take time to return — react and Zhonya/QSS.

Itemization

Armor and health shut down his burst: Plated Steelcaps, Seeker's Armguard into Zhonya's, Randuin's. Grouping with a peel support neutralizes his picks.

This guide covers Talon's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.