Talon Passive Rework
This is an idea I have had for the past few days in my head and I finally think it's time to share my thoughts.
Talon is an assassin, and he's out to kill you. That's all there is to it.
Passive: Bloody Feathers Talon is an assassin, and as an assassin, he needs proof of a kill. The most traditional way to prove a kill for an assassin is to take the feather of a bird and soak it in the blood of their victim. When Talon kills an enemy champion, he will gain Black Bloodied Feathers which can be used in the shop as a special currency. Depending on the current bounty level of the enemy champion he has slain, he will get more or less feathers. In the shop, there are three separate skill altering items that Talon may redeem with these feathers which may be upgraded two times after initial purchase. Additionally at any level 3 purchase, Talon's ultimate "Shadow Assault" will also be upgraded based on the item selected. (Note: These items do not take up one of Talon's item slots and lock in his purchase, stopping him from getting anything but upgrades for his original purchase with feathers until the item is completely upgraded to level 3.)
Diplomatic Immunity Diplomatic Immunity is focused around increasing the utility of Talon's Q ability "Noxian Diplomacy". Level 1: 25% of damage dealt by Noxian Diplomacy cannot be healed by champions for 4 seconds. This effect can be removed prematurely by 'cleansing' effects. Level 2: Repeated Noxian Diplomacy uses on the same target within 16 seconds of each other will increase the amount of unhealable damage by 5%. Level 3: Bleed duration increased, damage unchanged. Shadow Assault Modification - If Talon hits an enemy champion with Noxian Diplomacy (Q) while under the effects of Shadow Assault, 100% of the damage dealt will be blocked off from healing for 6 seconds.
Rend Rend is focused around increasing the utility of Talon's W ability "Rake". Level 1: Rake gains two extra charges that may be cast quickly after each other to send out more daggers. Level 2: Rake gains two more daggers per charge, and its cone increases width to compensate. Level 3: Getting a champion kill with Rake returns one charge. Shadow Assault Modification - While in stealth, Rake (W) does not reveal Talon from Stealth, and daggers created from the ability will react similar to Shadow Assault's daggers (floating in the air until the effect ends or stealth is removed). Daggers from Rake still apply the slow on returning to Talon, daggers from Shadow Assault do not.
Silent Assassin Silent Assassin is focused around increasing the utility of Talon's E ability "Cutthroat". Level 1: Cutthroat loses the 99% slow, and has a 2 second silence put in its place. Level 2: Talon may use Cutthroat to dash to any unit, friend or foe. Level 3: Cutthroat gains the 99% slow once more, and retains the silence effect. Shadow Assault Modification - Activating Shadow Assault resets Cutthroat's cooldown entirely.
In addition to Black Bloodied Feathers, Talon may collect White Bloodied Feathers every time he slays a Large or Epic jungle monster. Talon requires three times as many White Bloodied Feathers to purchase an upgrade or item as he would with Black Bloodied Feathers.
Generally, a player will only get enough feathers per game to upgrade one item fully, and possibly get the first level of a second item.
