Let's Talk Talon!

Shiznyte··1 votes·737 views

Over the years one of league champs has been subjected to nerf after nerf in order to "balance" him. He deff deserved some if not most of the nerfs, but at some point instead of just nerf after nerf after nerf why don't we just aim for a rework? The complaint i hear most about talon is his damage is to high, his burst is to quick, and there no counter play to how fast he can do it. I have a few suggestions i feel may make talon a little less dangerous damage wise, but can give him a little more mobility and escape potential, because lets be honest if talon goes in and doesn't get a kill he dies. First off I'd like to just get rid of his passive Mercy all together. you can shave off 10% of his damage to maybe make him a lil less dangerous, but instead give him a passive that is more mobility focused. I feel maybe 1 sec invis on kill, and .5 invis on assist (stacking of course with a triple kill you get 3 sec invis) this can help him escape those dreaded team fights and nip that early game damage that he poses to do that level 6 all in insta kill. The new ult cd i feel should be toned down maybe ten 10s in response to the damage nerf. as it stands now any mind laner can force talon to use his ult, and talon with no ult is useless, he provides zero pressure and cant even farm safely in fear of his life, so vs match ups like zed kayle or leblanc, talons ult will never be up in time to fight back. Also i would love a rename on the E if you take away the silence lets stop calling it cut throat now.... its more like a hamstring or a cripple. and my last point i wanted to cover was the AA q AA combo quality of life... sometimes the q AA just wont even go off maybe speeding up the animation by .15 or .25 will make it land more accurately? so many times i thought i Q'd but i Didn't and i became a sad talon about it.

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MasterSomething2 votes

Reworks aren't something we can toss around. Talon's kit is perfect for an assassin and his character, that is something they do not want to change. Reworks are only there for truly toxic things (Fiora, Poppy) or for characters who have begun to feel very dated and weak (Taric, Sion). There are also minor reworks for things that need tweaking (Old GP was a little counterplay-less, ADC updates are to make the class less stale, mage updates are QoL buffs for the immobile mages).

Shiznyte2 votes

his kit is perfect? im going to have to agree to disagree, most assassins have a way in and out of a fight talon can go in but he almost never comes out (diana can also fall into this catagory, but she is so natrually tanky with her shield she makes it work). cut throat still isnt even renamed since its nerf that's been almost a season or two, they make QoL changes on his Q but them took them away randomly with out telling people. to me it seems like this champ did not play out the way riot intended and instead of reworking him or tweaking it they just nerf him to a point where no one wants to play him. honestly how many talons do you see in a week of ranked solo q? 1-2 maybe but i see zed, leblanc, yasuo 5 times a day atleast it feels like.

XxMattimeoxX2 votes

His ult is the way out?? Its a 4-5 second invis with large AOE damage. How DONT you get out?

ModWulf Helhammer2 votes

Diana isn't supposed to be an assassin, she's supposed to be a fighter (hence the shield and strong CC)

Talon is in the vein of a suicide type assassin; he goes in, gets the kill, and 50% of the time he gets out, the other 50 he dies, but still took out the priority target. An assassin doesn't always need a way out. Those that have one usually have for some other thing (Katarina is the reset Queen, Kha'Zix is supposed to strike from stealth, repositions with his jump will invis, Zed needs it to make up for his crappy late game)

Maximum Morde2 votes

Nerf Talon.

Shiznyte3 votes

Lol don't worry bud they already did. pretty sure thats all he ever gets Kappa

Yosuke Apperu1 votes

They should have just removed dusk blade and admitted it was a bad item by design.

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