Talon vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Talon
based on 1,439 Talon vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Azir
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 Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Talon vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Talon in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Talon against Azir matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Talon usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Azir
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Who is Better, Talon or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Talon into Aziras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Talon is a garbage counter to Azir. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Talon against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Azir during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Talon versus Azir build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Azir than with many other typical builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Azir as Talon, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Talon vs Azir fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.
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