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How to Win Nilah vs Talon Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Talon

How to Beat Talon as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Talon as Nilah

based on 1,220 Nilah vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Talon as Nilah resulted from an analysis of 1220 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Nilah has to counter Talon in only 2.0% of their games.

Nilah vs Talon Matchup Summary

Nilah does a good job of beating Talon. On average, they wins a terrific 53.2% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Nilah vs Talon games, Nilah’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Talon.

Best Nilah vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Kraken SlayerImmortal ShieldbowInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Talon as Nilah

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.

Nilah vs Talon Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Talon Image
7.5
< Kills >
8.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.6
6.1
< Assists >
6.3
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.92
172
< Minions Killed >
134
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.44
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.32
17,714
< Physical Damage >
21,409
179
< Magic Damage >
76
390
< True Damage >
1,160
18,284
< Damage Dealt >
22,646
24,253
< Damage Taken >
26,815
12,552
< Gold Earned >
12,351
2.48
< Towers >
1.33
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
8,473
< Total Healing >
6,403
13,256
< Experience >
14,428
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
6
85
< Time Dealing CC >
190

How to Counter Talon with Nilah in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some important Nilah against Talon matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..

Nilah typically has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Talon. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Talon

Who is Better, Nilah or Talon?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter to Talon.

While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Talonas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Talon matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Nilah is a great counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Talon.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Nilah, we analyzed 1,220 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Talon as Nilah comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nilah to counter Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Talon. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Nilah versus Talon build consist of Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better against Talon than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Talon with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Talon as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nilah vs Talon matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.

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