Talon vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Talon
based on 3,275 Talon vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Talon vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here show some critical Talon versus Thresh counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Talon usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Thresh. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Thresh
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Who is Better, Talon or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Talon makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Talon does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Threshas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Thresh matchups, Thresh is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Talon is a decent counter to Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon most often accumulates much more CS compared to Thresh. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Talon versus Thresh build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Thresh than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Thresh with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Thresh as Talon, Talon players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Talon vs Thresh clashes, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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