How to beat Talon
Common role: Mid / Jungle
A roaming assassin who parkours the map and one-shots squishies.
Best counters vs Talon
Champions with the highest win rate against Talon on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Fiddlesticks57.1%99 games
- 2
Nasus56.5%194 games
- 3
Master Yi55.7%288 games
- 4
Hecarim55.5%182 games
- 5
Fizz57.5%31 games
- 6
Bel'Veth54.6%104 games
- 7
Xin Zhao54.1%184 games
- 8
Zyra54.2%61 games
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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
Bıçak SırtıTalon'un yetenekleri şampiyon ve büyük canavarlarda 3 defaya kadar birikecek şekilde Yara açar. Talon 3 Yara yükü olan bir şampiyona saldırdığında, hedefi zamanla büyük miktarda hasar alarak kanama geçirir.
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
Noxus DiplomasisiTalon hedef birimi bıçaklar. Eğer hedef birim yakın dövüş menzilindeyse bu saldırı kritik hasar verir. Yakın dövüş menzilinin dışındaysa Talon hedefine atılarak onu bıçaklar. Bu yetenek hedefi katlederse Talon bir miktar can ve bekleme süresi geri kazanır.
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
Biç ÇekTalon'un savurup çektiği hançerler, rakipleri her biçtiğinde fiziksel hasar verir. Bıçaklar dönüşleri sırasında ilave hasar verir ve isabet ettikleri birimleri yavaşlatır.
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
Katilin YoluTalon belli bir mesafe boyunca her tür yüzey şekli veya yapının üzerinden atlayarak ilerler. Bu yeteneğin kısa bir bekleme süresi vardır ama üzerinden atlanan yüzey şeklini uzun bir bekleme süresine sokar.
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
Gölge SaldırısıTalon bıçaklarıyla bir çember oluşturur ve görünmez hale gelerek fazladan hareket hızı kazanır. Talon'un görünmezliği sona erdiğinde, bıçaklar onun bulunduğu yere çekilir. Bıçaklar her hareket ettiğinde, Gölge Saldırısı en az bir bıçağın isabet ettiği rakiplere fiziksel hasar verir.
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.
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