Talon vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Talon
based on 5,265 Talon vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Talon vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Talon in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some significant Talon against Jax matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jax..
Talon typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Jax. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Jax
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Who is Better, Talon or Jax?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jax, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter to Jax.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Jax, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Jaxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Jax. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Jax. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Talon versus Jax build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Hubris. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Jax than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Jax with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Jax as Talon, you should equip 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 we have analyed for Talon vs Jax matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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