Akali with Talon
How to Synergize Akali and Talon
based on 2,203 Akali with Talon pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akali Talon Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Talon
Tips for Playing as Akali with Talon
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Understand How Talon Will Play
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.
Akali Talon Synergy Stats
How to Play with Talon as Akali in LoL
The Akali Talon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Talon, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Talon. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Talon helps Akali perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Akali is paired with Talon, she sees a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This could demonstrate that Talon supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Talon on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Talon.
Additionally, when Akali plays with Talon on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Talon does a poor job of protecting Akali in team fights.
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Is Akali better when played alongside Talon?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Akali that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. Yet, Talon is a below average ally for Akali. By playing on the same team as Akali, he decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 48.0%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Akali and Talon that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Talon has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Talon allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Akali players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Akali and Talon together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of utility. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Talon ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Akali to work well with Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Akali and Talon synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Talon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 48.0% when playing alongside Talon with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Talon with Akali are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.