the Blade's Shadow

Talon Mid

Talon

Talon is the knife in the darkness, a merciless killer able to strike without warning and escape before any alarm is raised. He carved out a dangerous reputation on the brutal streets of Noxus, where he was forced to fight, kill, and steal to survive...

RoleAssassin
Difficulty
DamagePhysical
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Ability QNoxian Diplomacy

Talon stabs the target unit. If they are within melee range, this attack deals critical damage. If they are outside melee range, Talon will leap at his target before stabbing them. Talon refunds some health and cooldown if this ability kills the target.

READY FOR THE RIFT

Talon build overview

Match sample
Talon

TALON — MID BUILD

Assassin
Blade's EndPNoxian DiplomacyQRakeWAssassin's PathEShadow AssaultR
Win rate51.8%
Pick rate1.4%
Ban rate23.6%
Matches272
RANK: A TIER

Talon Mid has a 51.8% win rate with 1.4% pick rate in our high-elo sample and is currently ranked A Tier. Based on our analysis of 19,511 matches on patch 16.13–16.14.

Spells
Recommended build
First purchases Suggested
  1. 1055
  2. 2003
  3. 3340

An offensive start for attacks and early trading.

Core items Full build, in order
  1. 13142
  2. 26699
  3. 31055
  4. 46695
  5. 51036
  6. 63171

51.8% win rate over 272 games with this build

Opening levelsLevel 1WRakeLevel 2QNoxian DiplomacyLevel 3EAssassin's Path
Skill priority
WW›QQ›EE
Skill path · most popular
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QQ28101213
WW14579
EE314151718
RR61116
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DamagePhysical
DifficultyHard
ClassAssassin
Attack9
Defense3
Magic1
Difficulty7

the Blade's Shadow — Talon is the knife in the darkness, a merciless killer able to strike without warning and escape before any alarm is raised. He carved out a dangerous reputation on the brutal streets of Noxus, where he was forced to fight, kill, and steal to survive...

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