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Talon vs Brand

How to Beat Brand as Talon in LoLTalon is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Brand as Talon

based on 4,748 Talon vs Brand matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Brand as Talon came out of an evaluation of 4748 ranked games where both champions opposed each other. This particular champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Talon fights Brand in only 5.8% of his matches.

Talon vs Brand Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Talon has done a poor job of countering Brand. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.4% of games the champs battle each other in. In Talon vs Brand rounds, Talon’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Brand.

Best Talon vs Brand Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Axiom ArcMaw of MalmortiusSerylda's GrudgeOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Talon to level upw
>
Second ability for Talon to level upq
>
Last skill for Talon to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Talon's passive ability p
Talon's q ability q
Talon's w ability w
Talon's e ability e
Talon's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Brand as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Brand

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 Brand

Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.

Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.

Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.

Talon vs Brand Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Brand Image
9.1
< Kills >
6.1
7.2
< Deaths >
7.3
6
< Assists >
9
2.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
138
< Minions Killed >
64
0.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.71
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.43
22,646
< Physical Damage >
863
76
< Magic Damage >
22,216
1,245
< True Damage >
1,400
23,967
< Damage Dealt >
24,480
28,983
< Damage Taken >
26,690
12,991
< Gold Earned >
11,360
1.35
< Towers >
1.52
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
6,516
< Total Healing >
6,524
15,074
< Experience >
13,362
19
< Vision Score >
37
7
< Wards Placed >
15
191
< Time Dealing CC >
251

How to Counter Brand with Talon in LoL

The stats shown here feature some valuable Talon against Brand counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Talon typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Brand. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Talon and Brand

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Brand
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Brand

Who is Better, Talon or Brand?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when trying to fight Brand, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a bad counter for Brand.

While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Brandas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Talon also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Talon is a somewhat poor counter for Brand. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Brand.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Brand Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Brand as Talon, we analyzed 4,748 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 Brand as Talon 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 learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon on average accumulates more CS relative to Brand. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Talon versus Brand build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Brand than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Brand with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating Brand as Talon, you should use 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 runes players chose for Talon vs Brand LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.

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