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Talon with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Talon and Aphelios

based on 1,899 Talon with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Talon has gone into battle with Aphelios in 1899 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data straight from the hosts of LoL, we are confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Talon play with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Talon to play alongside Aphelios on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 2.3% of games with Talon.

Talon Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Talon does a pathetic job of playing alongside Aphelios. Usually, he wins a poor 46.2% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Talon when playing alongside Aphelios by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Talon vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Axiom ArcOpportunityYoumuu'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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
W
4
E
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Talon with Aphelios

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 Understand How Aphelios Will Play

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Talon Aphelios Synergy Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Aphelios Image
8.6
< Kills >
8.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.9
5.7
< Assists >
6.1
1.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
134
< Minions Killed >
137
0.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.43
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.34
21,398
< Physical Damage >
21,880
79
< Magic Damage >
79
1,206
< True Damage >
1,218
22,684
< Damage Dealt >
23,178
27,849
< Damage Taken >
27,970
12,672
< Gold Earned >
12,762
1.3
< Towers >
1.41
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
6,532
< Total Healing >
6,404
14,544
< Experience >
14,711
18
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
6
191
< Time Dealing CC >
189

How to Play with Aphelios as Talon in LoL

The Talon Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Talon sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Aphelios helps Talon perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Talon plays on the same team as Aphelios, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Aphelios does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played alongside Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Moreover, when Talon plays with Aphelios on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Talon during team fights.

Synergies between Talon and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Talon
Aphelios

Is Talon better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Talon that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Aphelios is a not very good ally for Talon. By being on the same team as Talon, he decreases their win rate by -2.8% to 46.2%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Talon and Aphelios that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Aphelios has a greater difficulty than Talon. That means you should be careful when finding Aphelios teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting together, Talon players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by bringing Talon and Aphelios together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this hole in their kit.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Talon and Aphelios, we analyzed 1,899 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Talon with Aphelios comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to work well with Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to get in your Talon and Aphelios synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Talon used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 46.2% helping carry Aphelios with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, 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 builds players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.

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