Aphelios vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Aphelios
based on 1,923 Aphelios vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Talon
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Aphelios vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Aphelios vs. Talon counter stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Talon..
Aphelios normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Talon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Talon
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Talon?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when playing against Talon, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a poor counter for Talon.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Talon, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Talonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Talon. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios in order to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Talon. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Aphelios versus Talon build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Talon than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Talon with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Talon as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Aphelios vs Talon counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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