Lethality snowball build to delete targets quickly and convert every roam into a lead.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Talon build (Mid Lane): Duskblade of Draktharr › Youmuu's Ghostblade › Serpent's Fang › Eclipse › Edge of Night, boots Boots of Dynamism, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,800 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Bruiser build adding survivability without giving up damage.
15,300 total cost +500gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost +300g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Taliyah
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Zilean
Chempunk Chainsword
Recurring healing
Ahri
Maw of Malmortius
Magic damage
Kennen
Death's Dance
Physical damage
Best Talon build (Jungle): Duskblade of Draktharr › Youmuu's Ghostblade › Edge of Night › Serpent's Fang › Eclipse, boots Gluttonous Greaves, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,800 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Bruiser build adding survivability without giving up damage.
15,300 total cost +500gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost +300g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Rammus
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Skarner
Death's Dance
Physical damage
Warwick
Chempunk Chainsword
Recurring healing
Diana
Maw of Malmortius
Magic damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Talon lacks sustained DPS. He wins through fast picks and tempo control. The build maximizes early lethality and chaining kills before fights extend.
Long Sword
Lethality + MS for E wall roams and fast assassinations
Anti-shield to break through the backline's protections
Slow on W and R, penetration for assassin burst
Gluttonous Greaves
Stasis
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W Rake + E Assassin's Path + Q Noxian Diplomacy combo triggers Electrocute immediately.
E wall-hop, leaping Q, stealth R — your whole kit triggers the true damage as the combo opens.
Converted roams stack adaptive force — the next W-Q combo crosses the one-shot line.
The mid-roam king — every takedown in a side lane feeds your blades' AD.
Reduces incoming damage during his dives E through walls.
Stasis
Quicksilver
Stasis
Quicksilver
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Best window to chain pick, invade, and objective.
