Talon vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Talon
based on 3,531 Talon vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Talon vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Talon versus Malphite matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in killsdeaths.
Talon usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Malphite
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Who is Better, Talon or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually loses when playing against Malphite, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a bad counter to Malphite.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Talon into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Talon is a bad counter for Malphite. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Talon versus Malphite build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Malphite than with most other common builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Malphite as Talon, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Talon vs Malphite LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.
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