Talon a useless champ?

Strabane·4/6/2016, 9:07:32 AM·1 votes·1,178 views

Been attempting to play Talon lately instead of the mass amounts of Zed you see....but I am having problems seeing how he is relevant, or even suppose to somehow add up to Zed.

His mana costs are probably his single worst design flaw. Why he uses Mana and Zed doesn't is beyond me as an assassin. He can't outfarm most mages reliably because of this, as he has no sustain in both the mana or health department.

His ult, while it has it's uses are not as good as Zeds. Zed....he's on you.....you can't really shake him once it's been used. Soon as Talon uses his, you can flash, Zhonya, place a pink ward....stun him, whatever.....you have a ton of counterplay. Zed you either need Zhonya for sure, or QSS.

I remember when Talon came out, his E use to silence players to help remove the counterplay to his kit. I can see why that was in place in order to ensure he was on you, but with that gone....Im finding it really hard to use him. Any advice?

6 Comments

Fjiordor4/6/2016, 9:13:43 AM1 votes

Well if you play him correctly you usally 100-0 anyone beyond level 9 in ca 0.3 seconds

Dryad Soraka4/6/2016, 9:14:24 AM1 votes

he's broken

Zero Skill Tank4/6/2016, 9:22:21 AM1 votes

He can't outfarm most mages reliably

He is not meant to do that, none of the assassins are except for one, and Zed reliably outfarming mages is an abomination, not a standard.

Naag One4/6/2016, 9:28:12 AM1 votes

Talon is way more useful than this thread, kek

seriously watch any Talon mid vid on youtube or something. just like first 10 minutes. Talon's full combo can burst champs down before they can blink even at level 6

MLDzXnRRR4/6/2016, 12:25:27 PM1 votes

You can camp him, the second he uses E for aggroing your midlaner, he dies from the jungler. I played yesterday Talon vs Zed - I could bully him until his jungler Fizz destroyed me. In the end Zed was legendary. Zed is more safe pick, has no mana problems and gets free AD from his W. Talon still has better burst, but his outplay potential is low (compared to other assasins like Ekko, Diana, Yasuo, Zed, LB)

JayenKei4/11/2016, 8:08:21 PM1 votes

Silence loss hurt :/

Certainly still useable just laning phase is harder Play safer, only trade if the opponent blows something key such as an Ahri Charm, an Anivia Q, a Zed W, etc He's still the most reliable 100-0 assassin in the game