Why the Lethality update will be Talon's demise

NLGG3R BEATER··0 votes·351 views

Youmuu's is still gonna be fun as a rush item so won't talk much about it.

Duskblade of Draktharr now gives less AD AND much less damage on the passive, here's why: the 150 true damage proc was guaranteed in any circumstances, however if you're trying to assassinate an ADC with ga and tabi + their base/scaling armor value (and runes) the damage will be laughable lategame. Also there's the fact that people will ALWAYS use armor runes instead of HP so Draktharr's new passive will be worse than the current one at all stages of the game.

Edge of Night still maintains its duration AND cooldown nerf (was a while ago) in exchange for shitty HP (useless stat on an assassin) instead of MR AND increased price?! Also the fact that lethality will be changed to scale based off your own champion's level will make Talon riskier to play than he already is.

Talon isn't flexible when it comes to builds, he NEEDS lethality to be effective, Hydra rush could be decent if you're snowballing and facing almost no cc comp and Death's Dance actually make Talon visible during stealth so it sucks ass by default, not gonna talk about BC's internal CD changes as I'm not sure if it's confirmed yet.

Talon is better thanZed but that's it. Why does Riot insist to make him gimmicky and matchup dependent (since he NEEDS to win his lane) instead of being a consistently strong pick like Fizz Ahri ?

8 Comments

NinjaGuy692 votes

Riot's logic: Lethality is weak? Let's nerf it!

Dani El Pezglobo1 votes

Fizz as well need to win his lane to be efective (ap not tank) , because him tf really bad, talon is an assasin and all assasin need to win his lane to be really efective, because they depend on them snowball , ahri isnt an assasin , she is a mage , which doesnt need get feed to be efective

NLGG3R BEATER1 votes

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Fizz as well need to win his lane to be efective (ap not tank) , because him tf really bad, talon is an assasin and all assasin need to win his lane to be really efective, because they depend on them snowball , ahri isnt an assasin , she is a mage , which doesnt need get feed to be efective

Ahri is way too mobile to be a mage, unless you consider LB to be a mage as well. Actually I can't think of any assassin that can dash 3 times in a row besides Akali. Not gonna mention Ahri's burst is comparable to that ofVeigar Annie except it's much much faster.

Dani El Pezglobo1 votes

Riot said she is a mage , (i consider her as an hybrid , same to lb but u know riot big boss) --> she is a mage because weak early game , no need snowball , she isnt bad is she is behind

Dani El Pezglobo1 votes

her strongs are tf, waveclear and cc , somethink assasin doesnt have

Dani El Pezglobo1 votes

dude ahri have damage but cant do veigar damage by far

Evil Yasuo1 votes

If you're also a talon player, I recommend building him with deaths dance and trinity force and the rest just build armored items. It's working very well.

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