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Talon Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Talon we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Talon, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Talon this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 14.11. However, if you are a new Talon player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Talon!

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Patch 14.11: 21,132 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Sorcery

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 11% Pickrate

Inspiration

Domination

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 11% Pickrate

Precision

Inspiration

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Third Best

35%

Win Rate 0% Pickrate

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 43% Pickrate

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 7% Pickrate

Second Best

63%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Third Best

60%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 16% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Passive Ability

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Patch 14.11: 21,132 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Inspiration

Domination

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 34% Pickrate

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 16% Pickrate

Domination

Inspiration

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 26% Pickrate

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 20% Pickrate

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Third Best

59%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

58%

Win Rate 20% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 8% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Talon Counters

Learn Talon's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Talon guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Talon MIDDLE in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Talon. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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Talon Skins

Find Talon's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Talon skins and chromas on Talon's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Primal Ambush Talon

January 24, 2024

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Prestige High Noon Talon

Limited Edition

May 12, 2022

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High Noon Talon

May 12, 2022

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Withered Rose Talon

Special Events

February 11, 2021

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Talon Blackwood

March 19, 2020

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Enduring Sword Talon

September 4, 2018

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Blood Moon Talon

February 9, 2017

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SSW Talon

Special Events

May 14, 2015

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750

Dragonblade Talon

Special Events

January 10, 2012

+ Wishlist

975

Renegade Talon

August 24, 2011

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520

Crimson Elite Talon

August 24, 2011

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750

Classic Talon

Original

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Talon's Abilities

Blade's End Talon's Passive

Self

Talon's abilities wound champions for a short duration, stacking up to three times. When Talon basic attacks a fully wounded target, they bleed for 80-280 (+2.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage over 2 seconds (levels 1-11). Talon's abilities will also wound all monsters for 120% damage.

Noxian Diplomacy Talon's Q Ability

575

8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 5

Talon leaps to a target, dealing 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145 (+1.0 bonus attack damage) physical damage on arrival. If cast within melee range, Talon does not leap but instead critically strikes his target for 150%. Whenever Noxian Diplomacy kills a unit, Talon heals for 10-70 (depending on level) and 50% of its cooldown is refunded.

Rake Talon's W Ability

900

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7

Talon sends out a volley of daggers in a cone that return after a short delay. The initial hit deals 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 (+0.4 per bonus attack damage). The return hit deals 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+0.8 per bonus attack damage), and slows for 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% for 1 second.

Rake deals 130% damage against monsters.

The traveling and returning pass each cannot affect the same enemy more than once.

Assassin's Path Talon's E Ability

Self

35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55

Talon vaults over the nearest structure or terrain in a target direction. The vault's speed is affected by Talon's movement speed. Talon cannot vault over the same section of terrain for 160 / 135 / 110 / 85 / 60 seconds.

Shadow Assault Talon's Ultimate (R) Ability

500

100

100 / 80 / 60 / 60 / 60

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. Each time a blade passes through an enemy, they take 80 / 120 / 160 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. Each enemy can only be damaged once at the start of the ability and once at the end.

The blades can be redirected to the target of Talon's first basic attack.

Questions About Talon

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Help me decide

Asked by HunterR345 on February 23, 2021

Hi guys! So basically I recently saw the new Withered Rose skins and I really like them. I currently have 1400RP and I want to buy one of them. I love playing Talon but I already have the Enduring Sword one. About Syndra, I just started playing...

Dash

Asked by asotsuki on July 23, 2020

How do I do a dash combo, I can't see to figure it out, help plz

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Assassin midlaners

Asked on May 8, 2020

What are some good champions similar to talon and fizz for midlane?

Mid + Top duo synergy?

Asked on May 4, 2020

Hi. Me and my duo playing mid and top. Is there some good champion synergy? Im playing Sett/Fiora and he picks mages most of the times. Any ideas?

Talon’s Ult

Asked by Texmadax41 on May 1, 2020

When Talon uses his Ult, the blades converge onto his location after he becomes visible, though in some videos online I’ve seen that sometimes the blades will directly converge onto an enemy champion. What causes this to happen?

Zoomed In Header on Guide

Asked by ControlLoL on March 8, 2020

I've been spending a while now making this talon guide, but so far the major issue that I have found is trying to make a good header. https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/how-to-dominate-lane-and-1v9-as-talon-wip-568605?revision...

how to play talon

Asked by reikirin on December 14, 2019

How do i effecttively play talon, dying less and hardcarrying the game.

talon

Asked by reikirin on December 7, 2019

how do i effectively play talon to get many kills and carry the game.

Which assasin?

Asked by Kuroserval on November 12, 2017

i am saving up for a new assasin, andhave my heart set on talon but katarina is cheaper and i just saw a kata get three pentas in one games i did some research kata has a higher skill level, and talon is more begginer friendly kata has a...

A question about Talon's job in the game

Asked by TheAssasin on June 17, 2017

I ban yasuo/Syndra every game as Talon and the rest of the champions usually don't seem to be a bigger threat to my playing style. I really like Talon as a champion even though ı am more of a late game dependant guy more than early game-lover...

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Talon Jungling

Asked by WhatsLeft4Dead2 on November 30, 2016

So, I notice that with the recent updates to Talon, he is given the chance to Jungle Semi-Efficiently & people are taking advantage of this to do so. My question is: Why aren't you able to proc your Bleed Passive on Large Monsters? I know...

Cunning or Resolve for AD assasins?

Asked by League of Mike on December 4, 2015

On all these ad assassins would cunning or resolve be a better choice for your 12 points after putting 18 in ferocity (I don't think you ever take anything but 18 in that tree with these champions although tell me if you would) but I'm not sure if...

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"Health On Talon?"

Asked by Rasta Da Masta on September 15, 2015

Hey this is just something I was considering after reading some comments on the Talon page on the LoL Wiki. The questions are for anyone to answer, but I was hoping that Vapora the Master Talon guy would answer too. Anyway, so I was playing a...

Black cleaver

Asked by League of Mike on April 30, 2015

On zed I think that the rework is going to make me buy yomuus every game...20% cdr is nice and 200 extra hp is good too but the damage nerf really feels bad and the flat Apen is gone now...is this item even worth getting anymore mostly on zed,...