Talon vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Talon
based on 3,501 Talon vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Talon vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Talon against Varus counter stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Talon often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Varus
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Who is Better, Talon or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a good counter for Varus.
While Talon does have a higher win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Talon into Varusas his relative depth means 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 Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Varus matchups, Talon is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Talon is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon in order to counter Varus during both the early game 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Talon versus Varus build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Talon combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Varus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Varus as Talon, Talon players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Talon vs Varus counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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