Talon vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Talon
based on 2,974 Talon vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Talon vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Talon in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Talon vs. Shaco matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Talon normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Shaco
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Who is Better, Talon or Shaco?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually wins when taking on Shaco, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a great counter for Shaco.
While Talon does have a higher winrate than Shaco, when facing one another, Talon also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Talon into Shacoas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Shaco matchups, Talon is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Talon is a great counter for Shaco. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon in order to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon usually gets much more CS as Shaco. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Talon versus Shaco build include Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Shaco than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 53.3% battling Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Shaco as Talon, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Talon vs Shaco counters, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.
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