Talon vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Talon
based on 3,304 Talon vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Talon vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Talon vs. Zed counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Talon typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Zed
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Who is Better, Talon or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when trying to fight Zed, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Talon makes a poor counter for Zed.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Zed, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Zedas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Zed. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon in order to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Talon versus Zed build consist of Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Zed as Talon, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Talon vs Zed matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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