Talon

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This build guide for Talon is for Top Lane and is by Doublelift, a platinum rated player on League of Legends. A very fun assassin champion with high mobility, stealth and silence built into his combo. Fun to play in solo queue.

Required Reading:

Tank · Solo Lane · Last Hitting · Pushing · Zoning

Quick Guide

Runes

  • Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage
    +2.25 attack damage
    Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage x3
  • Greater Mark of Armor Penetration
    +1.28 armor penetration
    Greater Mark of Armor Penetration x9
  • Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration
    +0.065 mana regen / 5 sec. per level (+1.17 at champion level 18)
    Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration x9
  • Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
    +1.34 magic resist
    Greater Glyph of Magic Resist x9

Masteries

  • Points Available: 30 / 30

Summoner Spells

  • Ignite
    Targets a single champion dealing 50 + (lvl x 20) true damage over 5 seconds. Also reduces the target’s healing and regeneration by 50%.
    Ignite
  • Flash
    Teleports your Champion to target nearby location under your mouse cursor.
    Flash

Skill Order

Noxian Diplomacy
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 30/60/90/120/150 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 10/20/30/40/50 physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
Cost
40/45/50/55/60 Mana
Range
300
Cooldown
8/7/6/5/4 Seconds
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 30 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 10 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 60 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 20 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 90 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 30 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 120 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 40 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 150 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 50 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
Rake
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 30/55/80/105/130 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 20/25/30/35/40% for 2 seconds.
Cost
60/65/70/75/80 Mana
Range
0
Cooldown
10/10/10/10/10 Seconds
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 30 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 20% for 2 seconds.
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 55 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 25% for 2 seconds.
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 80 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 30% for 2 seconds.
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 105 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 35% for 2 seconds.
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 130 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 40% for 2 seconds.
Cutthroat
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 3/6/9/12/15% for 3 seconds.
Cost
35/40/45/50/55 Mana
Range
0
Cooldown
18/16/14/12/10 Seconds
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 3% for 3 seconds.
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 6% for 3 seconds.
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 9% for 3 seconds.
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 12% for 3 seconds.
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 15% for 3 seconds.
Shadow Assault
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 120/170/220 (+0) physical damage.
Cost
80/90/100 Mana
Range
650
Cooldown
75/65/55 Seconds
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 120 (+0) physical damage.
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 170 (+0) physical damage.
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 220 (+0) physical damage.
W
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 30 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 20% for 2 seconds.
 Q
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 30 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 10 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
 W
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 55 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 25% for 2 seconds.
 E
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 3% for 3 seconds.
 W
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 80 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 30% for 2 seconds.
 R
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 120 (+0) physical damage.
Q
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 60 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 20 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
 W
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 105 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 35% for 2 seconds.
 W
Rake
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing 130 (+0) physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. Additionally the enemy is slowed by 40% for 2 seconds.
 Q
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 90 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 30 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
 R
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 170 (+0) physical damage.
Q
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 120 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 40 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
 Q
Noxian Diplomacy
Talon's next basic attack deals an additional 150 (+1) physical damage. If the target is a champion, the target will bleed for 50 (+{f2}) physical damage over 6 seconds, revealing their location for the duration.
 E
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 6% for 3 seconds.
 E
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 9% for 3 seconds.
 R
Shadow Assault
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisible for up to 2.5 seconds, gaining 40% Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Every time a blade passes through an enemy, they receive 220 (+0) physical damage.
E
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 12% for 3 seconds.
 E
Cutthroat
Talon instantly appears behind his target, silencing them for 1 second and amplifying Talon's damage against the target by 15% for 3 seconds.
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Items

Full Game Build

  • Infinity Edge
  • Mercury's Treads
  • The Bloodthirster
  • Youmuu's Ghostblade
  • Last Whisper
  • The Bloodthirster
  • Enchantment: Alacrity

Pro Commentary

Pros and Cons

PROS

  • Lots of burst damage
  • Has a slow and silence
  • Lots of AoE damage
  • Can use ultimate for escape or chasing

CONS

  • No hard CC
  • Hard time laning against most champions
  • Early game difficult

Top 3 Counterpicks - Top Lane

Cho'Gath
Gangplank
Tryndamere

Top 3 Counterpicks - Mid Lane

Cassiopeia
Ryze
Vladimir
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Comments

  • Pikohchu's avatar
    • Posts: 68
    #54 Pikohchu Posted 5/22/2013 7:07:40 PM

    *sniff sniff. The Crs Doublelift days... mann..

  • Waaargh's avatar
    • Posts: 19
    #51 Waaargh Posted 3/1/2013 6:13:22 PM

    Which item build is recommended for the standard AD caster mid? Vid says Merc Threads -> Brutalizer -> LW -> BT -> TF -> GA -> Merc Scimitar. The quick guide shows something different and the item page suggest a third build which is close to the vid.

  • Wanpir307's avatar
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    #50 Wanpir307 Posted 2/26/2013 3:52:39 AM
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  • blower49's avatar
    • Posts: 7
    #49 blower49 Posted 2/9/2013 11:23:36 PM

    I have discovered that infinity edge > sword of divine > bloodthirster is very effective.

    First, the infinity edge makes crits do extra damage along with flat ad

    Then, sword of divine can give you massive burst damage when activated

    Lastly, you will heal immense amounts with your bloodthirster

  • Foldemort's avatar
    • Posts: 11
    #45 Foldemort Posted 1/3/2013 2:07:38 AM

    I run Frozen mallet, which procs his Passive giving an extra %10 damage after the first hit with every regular attack... that and it gives me more health so I can stay around longer. Gonna try other items with Icy Unique.

  • Pikohchu's avatar
    • Posts: 68
    #55 Pikohchu Posted 5/22/2013 7:10:30 PM

    Trinity Force gives icy proc too.. or you could just pick up a red buff if you really want that 10%

  • FirePosition's avatar
    • Posts: 50
    #41 FirePosition Posted 10/2/2012 12:32:40 PM

    Can't you switch one bloodthirster for a ga? I like to use it because you get focused down pretty fast (in my case at least)

  • Rizukii's avatar
    • Posts: 5
    #37 Rizukii Posted 9/3/2012 2:13:51 PM

    I have been having a problem with Talon when I play him mid, I followed this guide and did awesome in lane, I zoned my opponent and I fed myself off of them. But when it came around to teamfights I had the biggest problem, I would get focused immediately regardless of whether I came early or late to the teamfight. The guide reads that I should come late (I most always do) and jump onto the AD/AP carry and when you get focused pop your ulti and attempt to get away and possibly kill jungle creeps for health sustain then attempt to clean up from the teamfight. I do all of that and I get bursted through my ultimate. Do I not have enough sustain? Not enough health? my build around team fight phase is Merc treads 1 dorans, BT, and brutalizer. (The full BT is if I did really well in lane, but I always have a BF sword)

    "Every man is born ignorant, however it takes a lot of effort to continue to be stupid"

  • plagios2's avatar
    • Posts: 5
    #48 plagios2 Posted 2/9/2013 10:27:07 AM

    man your only job on game is poke,poke,poke and poke no fight you just finish them, if you fight then somethink you do wrong :)

  • Fusaah's avatar
    • Posts: 24
    #36 Fusaah Posted 8/12/2012 9:35:26 PM

    I hope people realize the counterpicks for Talon are for his early game only because he doesn't have as much poke or prescence until he gets at least level 4 to pull off a good combo.

     

  • loominal's avatar
    • Posts: 2
    #35 loominal Posted 8/5/2012 2:45:41 PM

    wow I cant even understand how vlad can see a talon!!!

    as a vlad its scariest thing that can be hpn in a game, a talon whom goes mid!

    I played as both, talon( me) against vladimir, and vladimir( me ) against an enemy talon

    in both forms, the talon owns vladimir by far, not only vlad, but kass, ashe, cassiopia and few others.

  • gigawrath's avatar
    • Posts: 4
    #38 gigawrath Posted 9/28/2012 3:10:43 PM

    But Vlad can just ignore all of Talon's burst with just one ability. Then he just steals back any health he may have lost. And Talon has nowehere near as much sustain for a long time into the game.

  • Adkhean's avatar
    • Posts: 10
    #53 Adkhean Posted 5/8/2013 9:55:19 PM

    Vlad mis is fail anyway, you play him top

  • trianqz's avatar
    • Posts: 5
    #34 trianqz Posted 7/17/2012 9:34:14 AM

    Please don't call this a Top guide, with 0.00 armor ....

     

  • gigawrath's avatar
    • Posts: 4
    #39 gigawrath Posted 9/28/2012 3:11:18 PM

    Poke poke poke poke poke never fight just poke then finish them off. If you're getting hit you're doing it wrong.

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