Talon vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Talon
based on 1,382 Talon vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Talon vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Talon against Illaoi counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Illaoi..
Talon normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Talon or Illaoi?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a bad counter to Illaoi.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Illaoi, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Talon into Illaoias 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 Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Talon is a garbage counter to Illaoi. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Talon versus Illaoi build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Talon used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Illaoi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Illaoi with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Illaoi as Talon, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Talon vs Illaoi fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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