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Talon Top build & stats

Assassin 27 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
63.0%
Pick rate
0.1%
Ban rate
20.5%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword
3,000 gold
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Fang
2,500 gold
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
8,500 gold
83.3% WR each item separately

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
100.0% 3 games

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
69.2% 13 games

Max order

Rake W Noxian Diplomacy Q Assassin's Path E
33.3% 3 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 74% of games with a 60% win rate.
  • Banned in 20% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
0.0% WR
2 games · 7% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
100.0% WR
3 games · 11% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
66.7% WR
3 games · 11% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
83.3% 22% (6)
83.3% 22% (6)
66.7% 33% (9)
66.7% 11% (3)
60.0% 19% (5)
50.0% 15% (4)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
100.0% WR
2 games · 7% pick
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.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
2 games · 7% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Nimbus Cloak Transcendence

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%41% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 69.2%48% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Rake W Noxian Diplomacy Q Assassin's Path E 33.3%3 games

Most common first three levels: W → Q → W (50%).

  • 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...