Talon vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Talon
based on 3,456 Talon vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Diana
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 Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Talon vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Talon versus Diana counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Diana..
Talon normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Diana. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Diana
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Who is Better, Talon or Diana?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually loses when taking on Diana, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a poor counter for Diana.
While Talon does have a lower winrate compared to Diana, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Dianaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter for Diana. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Talon against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Diana. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Talon versus Diana build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Diana than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Diana with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Diana as Talon, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Talon vs Diana matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Diana as Talon are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.