Talon with Karthus
How to Synergize Talon and Karthus
based on 1,383 Talon with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Talon Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Talon vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Talon with Karthus
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 Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Talon Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Talon in LoL
The Talon Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Karthus helps Talon perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Talon is an ally to Karthus, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Karthus provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played alongside Karthus on the same team, 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 Karthus.
Additionally, when Talon plays with Karthus on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Karthus does a poor job of covering Talon in teamfights.
Synergies between Talon and Karthus
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Is Talon better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no one best champion pairing for Talon that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Karthus is a not very good companion for Talon. By being on the same team as Talon, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 47.9%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Talon and Karthus that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Karthus has a lower difficulty than Talon. That means Talon players don't need to be careful when lining up Karthus comrades to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing alongside, Talon players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Talon and Karthus together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much engage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon to work well with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to have in your Talon and Karthus synergy build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Talon combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Karthus than with most other common builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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