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Champions 6.22.1 · en_US

Talon

The Blade's Shadow

AssassinFighter Resource: MP
Attack 9
Defense 3
Magic 1
Difficulty 7

Abilities

P · Q · W · E · R
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Blade's End

Passive
Talon's spells Wound champions and epic monsters, stacking up to 3 times. When Talon attacks a champion with 3 stacks of Wound, they bleed for heavy damage over time.

Ability videos show the latest version of the spells; they may differ on older patches.

Skins

4

  • Renegade Talon

  • Crimson Elite Talon

  • Dragonblade Talon

  • SSW Talon

Lore

''The three deadliest blademasters in all of Valoran are bound to the house of Du Couteau: my father, myself, and Talon. Challenge us, if you dare.''
-- Katarina Du Couteau

Talon's earliest memories are the darkness of Noxus' underground passages and the reassuring steel of a blade. He remembers no family, warmth, or kindness. Instead, the clink of stolen gold and the security of a wall at his back are all the kinship he has ever craved. Kept alive only by his quick wits and deft thievery, Talon scraped out a living in the seedy underbelly of Noxus. His mastery of the blade quickly marked him as a threat, and Noxian guilds sent assassins to him with a demand: join their ranks or be killed. He left the bodies of his pursuers dumped in Noxus' moat as his response.

The assassination attempts grew increasingly frequent until one assailant met Talon blade-for-blade in a match of strength. To his surprise, Talon was disarmed and facing down his executioner's sword when the assassin revealed himself to be General Du Couteau. The General offered Talon the choice between death at his hand, or life as an agent of the Noxian High Command. Talon chose life, on the condition that his service was to Du Couteau alone, for the only type of orders he could respect were from one he could not defeat.

Talon remained in the shadows, carrying out secret missions on Du Couteau's orders that took him from the frigid lands of the Freljord to the inner sanctums of Demacia itself. When the general vanished, Talon considered claiming his freedom, but he had gained immense respect for Du Couteau after years in his service. He became obsessed with tracking down the general's whereabouts, and scours the land in search of those responsible for Du Couteau's disappearance.

Tips

Playing as

  • You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
  • Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
  • 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.

Playing against

  • Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
  • Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
  • Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

In the latest patch

What changed in this patch

Compared with patch 6.21.1.

Health
582.8 → 583
Attack damage
55.208 → 60
Move speed
350 → 335
Health per level
85 → 90
Tips (playing as)
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Tips (playing against)
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Passive: name
Mercy → Blade's End
Passive: description
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Assassin's Path (E): name
Cutthroat → Assassin's Path
Noxian Diplomacy (Q): description
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Rake (W): description
Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. AdditionallyThe thereturning enemyblades isdeal slowedbonus fordamage aand shortslow durationunits hit.
Assassin's Path (E): description
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Shadow Assault (R): description
Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes invisibleInvisible while gaining additional Movement Speed. When Talon emerges from invisibilityInvisibility, the blades converge on his location. Each time the blades move, Shadow Assault deals physical damage to enemies hit by at least one blade.
Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cooldown
8/7/6/5/4 → 0
Rake (W): cooldown
10 → 9
Assassin's Path (E): cooldown
18/16/14/12/10 → 0
Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cost
40/45/50/55/60 → 0
Rake (W): cost
60/65/70/75/80 → 55/60/65/70/75
Assassin's Path (E): cost
35/40/45/50/55 → 0
Noxian Diplomacy (Q): range
300 → 10000
Assassin's Path (E): range
700 → 725
Shadow Assault (R): range
650 → 550

History

  1. Changed in patch 7.1.1
  2. Patches 6.22.1 to 6.24.1Health, Attack damage, Move speed, Health per level, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Assassin's Path (E): name, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): description, Rake (W): description, Assassin's Path (E): description, Shadow Assault (R): description, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cooldown, Rake (W): cooldown, Assassin's Path (E): cooldown, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cost, Rake (W): cost, Assassin's Path (E): cost, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): range, Assassin's Path (E): range, Shadow Assault (R): range
  3. Patches 6.5.1 to 6.21.1Shadow Assault (R): cooldown, Shadow Assault (R): cost
  4. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.4.2Resource, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): range
  5. Patches 6.2.1 to 6.3.1Lore
  6. Patches 5.22.2 to 6.1.1Mana, Mana per level
  7. Patches 5.9.1 to 5.22.1Skins, Skin name (91004)
  8. Patches 4.20.1 to 5.8.1Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor, Magic resist
  9. Patches 4.18.1 to 4.19.3Assassin's Path (E): description
  10. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.17.1Profile: Difficulty
  11. Patches 4.8.1 to 4.14.2Tips (playing against)
  12. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.7.16Armor
  13. Patches 4.2.5 to 4.4.3Roles
  14. Patch 4.2.1Roles
  15. Patches 4.1.13 to 4.1.43Roles
  16. Patches 3.13.1 to 4.1.9Tips (playing as), Shadow Assault (R): description
  17. Patches 3.12.2 to 3.12.37Shadow Assault (R): description
  18. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.11.4Roles, Profile: Defense, Profile: Magic
  19. Patches 3.7.1 to 3.9.7Lore, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): name, Rake (W): name, Assassin's Path (E): name, Shadow Assault (R): name, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): description, Rake (W): description, Assassin's Path (E): description, Shadow Assault (R): description, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cooldown, Rake (W): cooldown, Assassin's Path (E): cooldown, Shadow Assault (R): cooldown, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cost, Rake (W): cost, Assassin's Path (E): cost, Shadow Assault (R): cost, Rake (W): range, Assassin's Path (E): range, Shadow Assault (R): range, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): ranks, Rake (W): ranks, Assassin's Path (E): ranks, Shadow Assault (R): ranks, Skins, Skin name (91000), Skin name (91001), Skin name (91002), Skin name (91003)
  20. Patches 3.6.14 to 3.6.15Lore, Resource, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): name, Rake (W): name, Assassin's Path (E): name, Shadow Assault (R): name, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): description, Rake (W): description, Assassin's Path (E): description, Shadow Assault (R): description, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cooldown, Rake (W): cooldown, Assassin's Path (E): cooldown, Shadow Assault (R): cooldown, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): cost, Rake (W): cost, Assassin's Path (E): cost, Shadow Assault (R): cost, Rake (W): range, Assassin's Path (E): range, Shadow Assault (R): range, Noxian Diplomacy (Q): ranks, Rake (W): ranks, Assassin's Path (E): ranks, Shadow Assault (R): ranks
  21. Patches 0.153.2 to 0.154.3Noxian Diplomacy (Q): description
  22. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.152.115Move speed
  23. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101