Talon vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Talon
based on 2,720 Talon vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Talon vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Talon versus Leona matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Talon typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Leona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Leona
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Who is Better, Talon or Leona?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a bad counter for Leona.
While Talon does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Talon also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Leona. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically racks up much more CS as Leona. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Talon versus Leona build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Leona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 48.1% battling Leona with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Leona as Talon, you should take 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 sets players chose for Talon vs Leona face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Leona as Talon are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.