How to Win Talon vs Nilah Counter Matchup Talon is in the s tier of champions

Talon vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Talon in LoL Nilah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Talon

based on 1,381 Talon vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Talon battled Nilah 1381 times. Including so many games with Talon versus Nilah gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a recommended build to shatter your foe. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Talon has to counter Nilah in only 1.8% of his games.

Talon vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Talon has done a terrible job of beating Nilah. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.8% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Talon against Nilah matches, Talon’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Talon vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeProwler's ClawSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Black CleaverEdge of NightSerpent's FangAxiom Arc

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Talon to level up w
>
Second ability for Talon to level up q
>
Last skill for Talon to max out e

Runes

Inspiration First Strike Magical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
Sorcery Absolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Magic Resist
Talon's passive ability p
Talon q ability q
Talon w ability w
Talon e ability e
Talon's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Nilah

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.

Talon vs Nilah Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Nilah Image
8.4
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
6.9
6.6
< Assists >
7.1
1.91
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
131
< Minions Killed >
171
0.38
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.58
20,647
< Physical Damage >
17,979
79
< Magic Damage >
240
1,445
< True Damage >
325
22,171
< Damage Dealt >
18,544
26,534
< Damage Taken >
24,382
12,469
< Gold Earned >
12,477
1.29
< Towers >
2.55
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
5,242
< Total Healing >
8,837
14,244
< Experience >
13,383
18
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
212
< Time Dealing CC >
82

How to Counter Nilah with Talon in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Talon against Nilah counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nilah..

Talon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Talon and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Nilah

Who is Better, Talon or Nilah?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 45.8% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a bad counter to Nilah.

While Talon does have a much lower win rate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Talon also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Talon into Nilahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Talon is a garbage counter to Nilah. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Talon against Nilah.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Talon, we analyzed 1,381 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nilah as Talon comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Talon to counter Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Talon versus Nilah build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Prowler's Claw, and Serylda's Grudge. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Nilah than with many other typical builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 45.8% when playing against Nilah with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nilah as Talon, Talon players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Talon vs Nilah battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.

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