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How to Win Rammus vs Talon Counter MatchupRammus is in the a tier of champions

Rammus vs Talon

How to Beat Talon as Rammus in LoLRammus is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Talon as Rammus

based on 1,401 Rammus vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.91
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Talon as Rammus came out of an evaluation of 1401 ranked rounds where both champions engaged one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Rammus encounters Talon in only 2.0% of his matches.

Rammus vs Talon Matchup Summary

Rammus does a good job of beating Talon. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.5% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Rammus vs Talon rounds, Rammus’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Talon.

Best Rammus vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBramble Vest

Core Rammus Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanHollow RadianceRanduin's Omen

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Rammus's passive ability p
Rammus's q ability q
Rammus's w ability w
Rammus's e ability e
Rammus's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Talon as Rammus

Tips for Playing as Rammus against Talon

Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.

Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.

Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.

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.

Rammus vs Talon Counter Stats

Rammus Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Talon Image
4.4
< Kills >
8.5
5.5
< Deaths >
7.1
11.6
< Assists >
6.4
1.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.94
37
< Minions Killed >
142
1.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.35
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.36
2,634
< Physical Damage >
21,436
12,521
< Magic Damage >
81
805
< True Damage >
1,302
15,961
< Damage Dealt >
22,819
31,584
< Damage Taken >
28,017
10,886
< Gold Earned >
12,701
1.2
< Towers >
1.45
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
12,450
< Total Healing >
6,021
13,347
< Experience >
14,596
21
< Vision Score >
18
7
< Wards Placed >
7
587
< Time Dealing CC >
189

How to Counter Talon with Rammus in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some strategic Rammus versus Talon counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Talon. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rammus normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Talon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rammus and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Rammus
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rammus
Talon

Who is Better, Rammus or Talon?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rammus usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Rammus makes a good counter for Talon.

While Rammus does have a higher winrate than Talon, when facing one another, Rammus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rammus into Talon.

Furthermore, Rammus has a lot of CC and other utility, 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Talon matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rammus is an above average counter for Talon. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rammus against Talon.

Additional Information for Rammus Players

How We Calculated Our Rammus vs Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Rammus, we analyzed 1,401 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 Rammus 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

If you would like to truly master Rammus in order to counter Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rammus on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Talon. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Rammus versus Talon build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Dead Man's Plate. When Rammus included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Talon than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Rammus boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Talon with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Talon as Rammus, Rammus players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rammus vs Talon counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.

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