Talon vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Talon
based on 2,804 Talon vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Sylas
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 Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Talon vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Talon versus Sylas matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..
Talon usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Sylas
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Who is Better, Talon or Sylas?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sylas, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter for Sylas.
While Talon does have a higher win rate than Sylas, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Talon into Sylasas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Talon is a decent counter to Sylas. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Talon in order to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon usually gets a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Talon versus Sylas build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Talon used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Sylas than with many other common builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Sylas as Talon, Talon players should equip 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 rune sets players chose for Talon vs Sylas counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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