Is Talon Worth Buying After Nerf?

Inting Legend·11/4/2014, 2:03:47 PM·3 votes·1,568 views

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0fficerJenny11/4/2014, 4:03:00 PM3 votes

No, not really. The slow is useless, all it does is ensure a single auto attack hitting. Losing the silence was even worse for him then it was for LB

IceKingChernobog11/4/2014, 4:14:24 PM2 votes

Honestly, no. Talon thing was to counter burst mages with silence, with that go and the shitty slow to replace it he gets 1 uped by the champs he counters. You're better off buying Leblanc or fizz since they can delete carries with little to no trouble

SouL1ess11/4/2014, 7:38:19 PM2 votes

Unless you already know Talon very very well, don't bother with him. Winning lane is an ordeal with Talon now because there is no good trading option early game. Talon is pretty much like Akali, try to survive until level 4 or 6 before you can do anything to the enemy laner.

The major issue with Talon is that he can never initiate a trade without losing it. You only trade if they waste their damage skill or defensive skill and you know it won't be up in 4 seconds. For this reason, Syndra is a really good counter to Talon - Talon has almost no chance of winning trades unless Syndra has Q and E on CD simultaneously. Even if you abuse a skill waste, minion damage is still critical: there is no trade Talon will win at level 3 (even with 1 point into QWE each) simply because minion aggro will kill him, doing much more damage than the enemy laner can possibly do.

Also, if you are against AP, don't bother with brutalizer - Seeker's armguard is way more effective than the offense brutalizer gives. Rush tiamat then get brutalizer for ganks, or rush hydra for farming and sustain. Keep boots level 1 until you have either hydra or tiamat + brutalizer.

Wehrmacht Bunny11/4/2014, 3:55:15 PM2 votes

Clearly no. He is rarely if ever spotted in Normals and Ranked.

Salidfingers11/4/2014, 7:18:17 PM1 votes

Nope,

There is no point in picking him when he was picked to counter pick specific match ups that now counter him.

Look who can kick his ass Bruisers Tanks Mages Supports Assassins

Granted he can win anyone with difficulty. So why bother choosing him when there are other champions that can do his job better.

Its Evelyn all over again. Removed her stun and she was worthless which makes me believe they will not touch him for the next 2 years

Meep Man11/4/2014, 9:01:14 PM1 votes

Eh... He's... ok.

Inting Legend11/4/2014, 2:16:10 PM1 votes

Bump.

Inting Legend11/6/2014, 1:49:00 AM1 votes

What about Fizz then?

Inting Legend11/4/2014, 2:17:12 PM1 votes

Talon Talon wants an answer.

Marthian11/4/2014, 5:11:21 PM1 votes

He requires a bit more skill to play now. He still has excellent burst damage, and if you aren't interrupted and they have no pink, you will generally escape easily with your ult.

SolidPooh11/4/2014, 6:45:19 PM1 votes

not in my opinion, sorry Talon