Talon vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Talon
based on 3,195 Talon vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Talon vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Talon against Katarina matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Katarina..
Talon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Katarina
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Who is Better, Talon or Katarina?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when taking on Katarina, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Katarina.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Talon also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Katarinaas 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 Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Katarina. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon in order to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Katarina. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Talon versus Katarina build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Katarina than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 49.9% battling Katarina with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Katarina as Talon, you should use 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 Katarina counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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