Talon vs Kha'Zix
How to Beat Kha'Zix as Talon
based on 2,623 Talon vs Kha'Zix matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Kha'Zix Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Kha'Zix
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 Kha'Zix
Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.
Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.
Talon vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats
How to Counter Kha'Zix with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Talon vs. Kha'Zix matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kha'Zix..
Talon often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kha'Zix. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Kha'Zix
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Who is Better, Talon or Kha'Zix?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when trying to fight Kha'Zix, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a poor counter to Kha'Zix.
While Talon does have a lower winrate compared to Kha'Zix, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Talon into Kha'Zixas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Kha'Zix matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Talon is a bad counter for Kha'Zix. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Kha'Zix.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Kha'Zix during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon usually accumulates much more CS compared to Kha'Zix. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Talon versus Kha'Zix build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Talon incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Kha'Zix than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 48.0% when playing against Kha'Zix with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Kha'Zix as Talon, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Talon vs Kha'Zix counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.
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