Talon Build

Elusiven·10/15/2014, 6:15:12 AM·1 votes·1,379 views

I main Talon and i get amazing games with him yet i wish to become better, so i have a question.

Should i ever build attack speed on Talon? Even when enemy champions aren't building tank, i just feel that Talon doesn't do enough damage because his attack speed is so low... Even with his combo. So if i were to choose between two items, which should i get, Phantom Dancer or Zephyr?

Or better preferred, which item set is better on Talon, My original build but with Zephyr (Build 1) would be 1) Hydra, 2) Bloodthirster, Brutalizer into 3) Cleaver, 4) Zephyr (Replacing Last Whisperer from my original build), 5) Guardian Angels and then 6) Mobility Boots.

However if i were to get Phantom Dancer, i would need to go crit so my build (Build 2) now would be, 1) Hydra, 2) IE, Brutalizer into 3) Youmuus for the crit, 4) Phantom Dancer, 5) Gaurdian Angels and then i would have to replace my Mobility Boots for 6) Crd Boots because phantom doesn't give cdr like how Zephyr does meanwhile my Youmuus active will give me speed as I've replaced my Cleaver with Youmoos.

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13 Comments

Elusiven10/15/2014, 6:29:08 AM1 votes

Are we allowed to bump our own threads .... if so i didn't....

ccseancc14310/15/2014, 6:58:54 AM1 votes

Wtf, why would you ever build attack speed. Talon does well enough damage to kill anyone with E>AA>Q>W>R. I play Talon alot and I follow my own build that gets you a early power spike to snowball early. Brutalizer>Tiamat>Hydra>Youmous>Boots (CD Boots or mobility Boots) and after that I just build whatever I want Last whisper, or Black Cleaver and finish with Infinity edge. If you reach to the point where you have enough gold for trinity force, sell your boots and get it. It will add around an extra 100-200 damage on your q. Also just saying if you take 5% CD in runes, then build Youmous,CD boots, and Black Cleaver you will have 40% CD making your ult a 33 second cooldown which is extremely op in my opinion.

P.S. I saw that you didn't have youmous on your build, it helps with dueling alot since your q is up every 3 seconds letting you get it off like 2-3 times during duels which would give you ALOT of damage for duels which you seem to be looking for. Also assassinating people is easier too, go into the fog of war, then R>Youmous>E>Q>Rake>Runaway/Ignite(if needed)

0neTrueGodHand10/15/2014, 7:44:42 AM1 votes

I like getting a BORK for as on Talon. It's active synergizes with his damage amplification, gives good damage, slows, even more lifesteal, and the %current health damage if you have to duel the tank.

P0PPY10/15/2014, 7:49:13 AM1 votes
JayenKei10/16/2014, 6:59:03 PM1 votes

I personally would not build AS on Talon...And I have tried it a number of different ways. Remember Talon is an AD Caster. He's not AA reliant. I think AS builds with Talon works well if you primarily want split push with him.

I usually build

Hydra Ghostblade Last Whisper Infinity Edge Mobis Bloothirster/zhonya

Which I mean is a very typical Talon build

Things I have tried are:

Hydra BORTK Statik Shiv Last Whisper Zephyr Bloodthirster

BORTK Ghostblade Last Whisper Infinity Edge Zephyr Bloodthirster/zhonya

Ghostblade Infinity edge Phantom Dancer Trinity Force Zephyr Last Whisper

Infinity Edge Phantom Dancer Last Whisper BORTK Bloodthirster Zhonya

But the first one is by far the most effective at fulfilling Talon's role as an all in assassin