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Talon with Gragas

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How to Synergize Talon and Gragas

based on 1,499 Talon with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Talon has been on the same team as Gragas in 1499 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the developers of LoL, we are confident that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Talon synergize with Gragas. It is relatively rare for Talon to play with Gragas on the same side. This has only happened in approx. 1.8% of rounds with Talon.

Talon Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Talon has done a dismal job of playing alongside Gragas. Typically, he wins a dismal 48.4% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Talon when playing alongside Gragas by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Talon vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Talon Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightAxiom Arc

Optional Items

HubrisSerylda's GrudgeVoltaic CycloswordProfane Hydra

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
E
4
W
5
W
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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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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Talon with Gragas

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 Gragas Will Play

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Talon Gragas Synergy Stats

Talon Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Gragas Image
9
< Kills >
8.8
6.8
< Deaths >
6.9
6
< Assists >
6.1
2.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
152
< Minions Killed >
137
0.33
< Dragons Killed >
0.43
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.34
22,518
< Physical Damage >
21,880
87
< Magic Damage >
79
1,213
< True Damage >
1,218
23,818
< Damage Dealt >
23,178
27,315
< Damage Taken >
27,970
12,884
< Gold Earned >
12,762
1.45
< Towers >
1.41
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
5,700
< Total Healing >
6,404
14,774
< Experience >
14,711
18
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
6
179
< Time Dealing CC >
189

How to Play with Gragas as Talon in LoL

The Talon Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, 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 Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gragas helps Talon perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Talon is an ally to Gragas, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Gragas helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played with Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gragas.

Additionally, when Talon plays with Gragas on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Gragas does a decent job of protecting Talon during teamfights.

Synergies between Talon and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Talon
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Talon
Gragas

Is Talon better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no ideal ally for Talon that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, overall, Gragas is a very typical companion for Talon. By playing on the same side as Talon, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.4%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Talon and Gragas that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Gragas has a lower difficulty than Talon. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Gragas teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

When playing together, Talon players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Talon and Gragas together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much magic damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Gragas ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Talon Players

How We Calculated Our Talon Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Talon and Gragas, we analyzed 1,499 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 Gragas 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to pair well with Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to have in your Talon and Gragas synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Gragas than with most other common builds. In fact, Talon had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing alongside Gragas with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Gragas with Talon are shown for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.