Talon with Xerath
How to Synergize Talon and Xerath
based on 2,534 Talon with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Talon Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Talon vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Talon and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Talon with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Talon Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Talon in LoL
The Talon Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Talon perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Talon tries to synergize with Xerath, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Xerath does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Moreover, when Talon plays with Xerath on the same team, he usually receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of covering Talon during team fights.
Synergies between Talon and Xerath
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Is Talon better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Talon that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, Xerath is a very typical teammate for Talon. By playing on the same team as Talon, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 49.6%. This signals that there is not really a strong synergy between Talon and Xerath that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Talon. That means you should be careful when lining up Xerath teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Talon players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Talon and Xerath together, you will not be giving your side a great deal of protection for burst damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath teammate, 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.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Talon in order to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Talon and Xerath synergy build include Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 49.6% helping carry Xerath with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Talon players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Talon and Xerath pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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