Talon vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Talon
based on 511 Talon vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Talon vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Talon in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Talon versus Rek'Sai matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rek'Sai..
Talon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Talon or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually wins when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a good counter for Rek'Sai.
While Talon does have a higher win rate than Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Rek'Saias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Talon has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Rek'Sai matchups, Talon is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Talon is a decent counter to Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Talon against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often racks up much more CS relative to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Talon versus Rek'Sai build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Rek'Sai than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Rek'Sai as Talon, Talon players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Talon vs Rek'Sai counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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