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How to Win Talon vs Nunu & Willump Counter MatchupTalon is in the a tier of champions

Talon vs Nunu & Willump

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Talon in LoLTalon is in the b tier of champions
Assassin
TankFighter

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Talon

based on 1,851 Talon vs Nunu & Willump matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our database, Talon fought Nunu & Willump 1851 times. With so many matchups for Talon versus Nunu & Willump gives us confidence in our capability to produce informative stats and a supported build to wreck Nunu & Willump. This pairing is relatively rare. Talon fights Nunu & Willump in only 2.3% of his rounds.

Talon vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary

Talon does a good job of beating Nunu & Willump. On average, he wins a terrific 53.7% of matches the champions face each other in. In Talon against Nunu & Willump games, Talon’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Nunu & Willump.

Best Talon vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRectrix

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeAxiom ArcOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeHubrisVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Talon to level upw
>
Second ability for Talon to level upq
>
Last skill for Talon to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Talon's passive ability p
Talon's q ability q
Talon's w ability w
Talon's e ability e
Talon's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
W
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E
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Nunu & Willump

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 Nunu & Willump

Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.

Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.

Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.

Talon vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Nunu & Willump Image
8.9
< Kills >
5.3
7
< Deaths >
6.8
6.1
< Assists >
11.1
2.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.2
132
< Minions Killed >
31
0.4
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.4
21,877
< Physical Damage >
1,093
75
< Magic Damage >
13,590
1,143
< True Damage >
846
23,096
< Damage Dealt >
15,529
27,436
< Damage Taken >
36,889
12,658
< Gold Earned >
10,892
1.49
< Towers >
1.27
0.09
< Baron Takedowns >
0.42
6,252
< Total Healing >
19,619
14,373
< Experience >
12,889
18
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
5
189
< Time Dealing CC >
485

How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Talon in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some significant Talon vs. Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Talon often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Talon and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Nunu & Willump

Who is Better, Talon or Nunu & Willump?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a great counter for Nunu & Willump.

While Talon does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Talon into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher 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 great counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Nunu & Willump.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Nunu & Willump Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nunu & Willump as Talon, we analyzed 1,851 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 Nunu & Willump 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 learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game 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 stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon on average gets much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Talon versus Nunu & Willump build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Nunu & Willump than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 53.7% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Talon vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nunu & Willump as Talon are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.