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.
Try casting Ignite when Dr. Mundo uses Sadism to negate a large portion of its healing.
Try to coordinate high-damage abilities with your allies right after Dr. Mundo uses his ultimate, but if you're unable to kill him quickly with burst he will heal through the damage.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Talon against Dr. Mundo counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Dr. Mundo. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Talon typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Dr. Mundo. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when facing off against Dr. Mundo, with a 45.4% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a poor counter to Dr. Mundo.
While Talon does have a much lower win rate than Dr. Mundo, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Talon into Dr. Mundoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Dr. Mundo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Dr. Mundo matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Talon is a trash counter for Dr. Mundo. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Dr. Mundo.
If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Dr. Mundo during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Dr. Mundo. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Talon versus Dr. Mundo build include Prowler's Claw, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Talon used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Dr. Mundo than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 45.4% battling Dr. Mundo with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Dr. Mundo as Talon, Talon players should use 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 chose for Talon vs Dr. Mundo clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.4% win rate overall.
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