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How to Win Talon vs Ziggs Counter MatchupTalon is in the a tier of champions

Talon vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Talon in LoLTalon is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Talon

based on 1,076 Talon vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Talon came out of an evaluation of 1076 ranked games where both champs fought each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Talon fights Ziggs in only 1.3% of his rounds.

Talon vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Talon does a good job of beating Ziggs. Normally, he wins a whopping 53.0% of games the champions face each other in. In Talon versus Ziggs games, Talon’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Talon vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRectrix

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeAxiom ArcProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Edge of NightOpportunityYoumuu's GhostbladeHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Talon to level upw
>
Second ability for Talon to level upq
>
Last skill for Talon to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Talon's passive ability p
Talon's q ability q
Talon's w ability w
Talon's e ability e
Talon's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Talon

Tips for Playing as Talon against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Talon vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Ziggs Image
9
< Kills >
5.1
6.7
< Deaths >
6.2
6
< Assists >
7.8
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
138
< Minions Killed >
171
0.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.56
21,777
< Physical Damage >
854
72
< Magic Damage >
23,182
1,259
< True Damage >
358
23,108
< Damage Dealt >
24,394
28,595
< Damage Taken >
18,086
12,883
< Gold Earned >
11,565
1.39
< Towers >
2.77
0.09
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,732
< Total Healing >
1,469
15,016
< Experience >
13,599
19
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
11
190
< Time Dealing CC >
248

How to Counter Ziggs with Talon in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Talon against Ziggs counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Talon typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Talon and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Talon
Ziggs

Who is Better, Talon or Ziggs?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually wins when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a good counter to Ziggs.

While Talon does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Talon into Ziggsas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Talon also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Ziggs matchups, Talon is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Talon is a good counter to Ziggs. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Talon, we analyzed 1,076 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Talon comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Talon on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Talon versus Ziggs build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Ziggs than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ziggs as Talon, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Talon vs Ziggs LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Talon are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.