Talon vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Talon
based on 2,489 Talon vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Talon vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Talon against Nami counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Talon normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Nami. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Nami
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Who is Better, Talon or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Talon does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Talon into Namias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Nami matchups, Talon is the better champion with a similar 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 decent counter for Nami. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon usually picks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Talon versus Nami build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Nami as Talon, Talon players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Talon vs Nami counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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