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Talon Jungle build & stats

Assassin C 164 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
49.4%
Pick rate
3.9%
Ban rate
4.8%
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

Solid sample

Finish these three

Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
3,000 gold
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive
2,800 gold
Edge of Night
Edge of Night
3,000 gold
8,800 gold
50.0% WR 16 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
75.0% 16 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Domination Domination
58.8% WR
17 games · 10% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Smite
50.0% 160 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Talon

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Talon wins 49.4% of games as Jungle on patch 16.18 (164 games).
  • Most common core: Bastionbreaker → Umbral Glaive → Edge of Night — 50% win rate over 16 games.
  • Take Fleet Footwork as keystone: picked in 67% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Wukong (75% over 8 games). Hardest: Shaco (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Talon is an early-game champion: 65% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 51% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive
Edge of Night
Edge of Night
50.0% WR
16 games · 10% pick
Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive
40.0% WR
15 games · 9% pick
Bastionbreaker
Bastionbreaker
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword
30.8% WR
13 games · 8% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
52.6% WR
76 games · 46% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
43.2% WR
37 games · 23% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
75.0% WR
16 games · 10% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.0% 7% (12)
71.4% 4% (7)
64.0% 30% (50)
60.5% 23% (38)
55.4% 40% (65)
53.8% 8% (13)
52.5% 24% (40)
50.6% 51% (83)
49.3% 83% (136)
48.1% 16% (27)
47.6% 13% (21)
46.2% 65% (106)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
48.6% WR
70 games · 43% pick
Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.

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 + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
22 games · 13% pick
Fleet Footwork Triumph Legend: Alacrity Coup de Grace Magical Footwear Cosmic Insight
Inspiration Inspiration + Domination Domination
58.8% WR
17 games · 10% pick
First Strike Cash Back Triple Tonic Cosmic Insight Sudden Impact Treasure Hunter

Keystones

  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 49.1%67% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 56.5%14% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 42.9%13% 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. 62.5%5% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Smite Flash + Smite 50.0%98% pick
  • Smite Ignite Smite + Ignite 33.3%2% 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...