Hecarim vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Hecarim
based on 2,086 Hecarim vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Talon
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Hecarim versus Talon counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Talon..
Hecarim often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Talon. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Talon
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Talon?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when facing off against Talon, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes an ok counter for Talon.
While Hecarim does have a lower winrate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Hecarim into Talon.
Moreover, Hecarim has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Hecarim is a somewhat poor counter to Talon. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Talon. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Hecarim versus Talon build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Talon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 49.8% battling Talon with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Talon as Hecarim, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Hecarim vs Talon fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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