Leona vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Leona
based on 2,720 Leona vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Talon
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Leona versus Talon matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Talon. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Leona usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Talon. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Talon
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Who is Better, Leona or Talon?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Talon, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a good counter to Talon.
While Leona does have a higher winrate than Talon, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Leona into Talon.
Additionally, Leona also has a great 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Talon matchups, Leona is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Leona is a decent counter to Talon. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona usually gets a lot less CS compared to Talon. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Leona versus Talon build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Talon than with most other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 51.9% battling Talon with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Talon as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Leona vs Talon clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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