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Talon Top build & stats

Assassin – 15 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
53.3%
Pick rate
0.1%
Ban rate
9.0%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
3,000 gold
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Eclipse
Eclipse
2,900 gold
8,900 gold
75.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
100.0% 4 games

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
66.7% 12 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Talon

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 73% of games with a 64% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
100.0% WR
4 games · 27% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
50.0% WR
4 games · 27% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 27% (4)
75.0% 27% (4)
66.7% 20% (3)
62.5% 53% (8)
50.0% 27% (4)
33.3% 20% (3)
0.0% 20% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 63.6%73% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 33.3%20% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 66.7%80% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 0.0%20% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PBlade's End

    Talon's spells Wound champions and large monsters, stacking up to 3 times. When Talon attacks a champion with 3 stacks of Wound, they bleed for heavy damage over time.

  • 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...

  • WRake

    Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. The returning blades deal bonus damage and slow units hit.

  • EAssassin's Path

    Talon vaults over any terrain or structure, up to a max distance. This ability has a low cooldown, but puts the used terrain on a long cooldown.

  • RShadow Assault

    Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes Invisible while gaining additional Move Speed. When Talon emerges from Invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Each time the blades move, Shadow Assault deals physi...