Talon vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Talon
based on 415 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 on this page emphasize some strategic Talon versus Rek'Sai counter stats that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rek'Sai..
Talon normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Talon or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Rek'Sai.
While Talon does have a higher win rate compared to Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Talon into Rek'Saias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Rek'Sai matchups, Talon is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Talon is a decent counter to Rek'Sai. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying 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 truly master Talon in order to counter Rek'Sai 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 listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often picks up much more CS relative to Rek'Sai. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Talon versus Rek'Sai build consist of Prowler's Claw, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Talon included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rek'Sai than with many other common builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Rek'Sai with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Rek'Sai as Talon, Talon players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Talon vs Rek'Sai face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
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