Talon - Cutthroat ( E )

Hey everyone. I used to be an avid player of Talon before his silence removal, I still play him from time to time but there are very clearly better options for an ad assassin mid now (zed).

I was doing some talking about it recently with a few people thinking of ways I could suggest to Riot on how they could restore some of his former strength, without overdoing it. I agree that the silence did provide too much power in lane against casters, and with his sheer damage late game it provided no counterplay.

However. I don't feel that completely removing that functionality of Talons kit was the right way to do things. It leaves him vulnerable to many matchups that he previously was strong in.

The main idea I came up with was instead of a silence, which as stated above hinders any counter play. Why not make it so it simply interrupts channeled abilities? It would be a simple form of cc, a large majority of champs have abilities that knockup/back/stun/taunt etc, that cancel a channeled ability, and many of them are instant as well.

Some people will probably say this in response to this. "Talons E is instant and it would be too strong". Look at it this way. Picture a teamfight where the enemy Katarina is channeling her ult. Cho'gath, or Trundle, can easily cancel her ult while staying relatively safe, while both have a slight time before actually canceling the ability, they pose no risk to themselves. The change I mentioned prior would be balanced by the fact that while he yes has canceled the ability, hes now sitting right next to that person, and who knows who else. He's put in a very vulnerable position, and Talon players would agree with me here, especially with sweepers and pink ward trinkets, its not easy surviving. Also remember, its merely canceling their channeled ability. There is nothing stopping that person from then going all out on you.

I feel like a change like this could potentially give Talon so more viability, and a use aside from pure damage. I personally think it would be a fair change, and I think it would be a fairly balanced change.

Let me know what you guys think!

On a side note. I know people who don't like facing Talon will probably be biased, but I would ask you to actually think about it.