Talon vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Talon
based on 5,196 Talon vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Akali
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Talon vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some valuable Talon vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Talon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Akali
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Who is Better, Talon or Akali?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Talon does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Talon has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Talon versus Akali build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Talon incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Akali than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Akali as Talon, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Talon vs Akali face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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