Talon vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Talon
based on 2,242 Talon vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Talon vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Talon versus Irelia counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Talon typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Irelia
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Who is Better, Talon or Irelia?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a poor counter to Irelia.
While Talon does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Talon into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Talon is a garbage counter to Irelia. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often racks up less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Talon versus Irelia build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Irelia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Irelia with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Irelia as Talon, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Talon vs Irelia counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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