Talon vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Talon
based on 760 Talon vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Talon vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some valuable Talon versus Kalista matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Talon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kalista. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Kalista
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Who is Better, Talon or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually wins when trying to fight Kalista, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Talon does have a higher winrate than Kalista, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Talon into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Kalista matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Talon is a good counter for Kalista. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Kalista. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Talon versus Kalista build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Talon included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Kalista than with many other common item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Kalista as Talon, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Talon vs Kalista clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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