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How to Win Talon vs Hwei Counter MatchupTalon is in the a tier of champions

Talon vs Hwei

How to Beat Hwei as Talon in LoLTalon is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Hwei as Talon

based on 3,796 Talon vs Hwei matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Hwei as Talon came out of an analysis of 3796 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Talon fights Hwei in only 4.6% of his rounds.

Talon vs Hwei Matchup Summary

Talon has done a good job of countering Hwei. Typically, he wins a fantastic 53.1% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Talon against Hwei matches, Talon’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Hwei.

Best Talon vs Hwei Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightAxiom ArcOpportunity

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeSundered SkyEclipseVoltaic Cyclosword

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
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W
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E
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Hwei

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 Hwei

After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.

Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.

Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.

Talon vs Hwei Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Hwei Image
9
< Kills >
5.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.3
6
< Assists >
8.7
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
1.3
139
< Minions Killed >
147
0.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.46
21,798
< Physical Damage >
1,020
74
< Magic Damage >
21,987
1,210
< True Damage >
547
23,083
< Damage Dealt >
23,555
28,455
< Damage Taken >
19,161
12,971
< Gold Earned >
11,207
1.47
< Towers >
1.85
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,562
< Total Healing >
1,678
15,077
< Experience >
13,849
19
< Vision Score >
28
6
< Wards Placed >
13
190
< Time Dealing CC >
577

How to Counter Hwei with Talon in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some important Talon versus Hwei matchup stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hwei. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Talon normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Hwei. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Talon and Hwei

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Hwei
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Hwei

Who is Better, Talon or Hwei?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually wins when taking on Hwei, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a great counter to Hwei.

While Talon does have a higher winrate than Hwei, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Talon into Hweias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Talon also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Hwei matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Talon is a great counter to Hwei. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Talon against Hwei.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Hwei Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hwei as Talon, we analyzed 3,796 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 Hwei 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 truly master Talon to counter Hwei during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Talon versus Hwei build consist of Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Hwei than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 53.1% when countering Hwei with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Hwei 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 combinations that we analyzed for Talon vs Hwei fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.1% win rate overall.

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