Champion

Talon

the Blade's Shadow

Assassin

Lore

Talon is the knife in the darkness, a merciless killer able to strike without warning and escape before any alarm is raised. He carved out a dangerous reputation on the brutal streets of Noxus, where he was forced to fight, kill, and steal to survive. Adopted by the notorious Du Couteau family, he now plies his deadly trade at the empire's command, assassinating enemy leaders, captains, and heroes… as well as any Noxian foolish enough to earn the scorn of their masters.

Abilities

PassiveBlade's End

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

QNoxian Diplomacy

Talon stabs the target unit. If they are within melee range, this attack deals critical damage. If they are outside melee range, Talon will leap at his target before stabbing them. Talon refunds some health and cooldown if this ability kills the target.

Cooldown : 8/7.5/7/6.5/6s Cost : 40 Mana Range : 575

WRake

Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. The returning blades deal bonus damage and slow units hit.

Cooldown : 9/8.5/8/7.5/7s Cost : 50/55/60/65/70 Mana Range : 650

EAssassin's Path

Talon vaults over any terrain or structure, up to a max distance. This ability has a low cooldown, but puts the used terrain on a long cooldown.

Cooldown : 0s Range : 725

RShadow Assault

Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes Invisible while gaining additional Move Speed. When Talon emerges from Invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Each time the blades move, Shadow Assault deals physical damage to enemies hit by at least one blade.

Cooldown : 100/80/60s Cost : 100 Mana Range : 550

Difficulty profile

Base stats (level 1)

Role distribution

Real pick rate (among Gold-to-Challenger ranked games collected on EUW/NA/BR/KR) and real win rate, from a still-modest sample -- not yet at the scale of this site's TFT comp tracker. A role without enough observed games doesn't show up here.

Most built items

Item	Games	Pick rate	Winrate
Oracle Lens	510	72.5%	47.8%
Umbral Glaive	464	66.0%	48.1%
Voltaic Cyclosword	372	52.9%	50.8%
Bastionbreaker	303	43.1%	48.8%
Long Sword	234	33.3%	41.0%
Edge of Night	218	31.0%	53.7%
Youmuu's Ghostblade	175	24.9%	56.0%
Serpent's Fang	164	23.3%	54.9%
Boots of Swiftness	154	21.9%	56.5%
Stealth Ward	150	21.3%	48.0%
Serylda's Grudge	125	17.8%	56.8%
Serrated Dirk	123	17.5%	43.9%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	122	17.3%	46.7%
Lord Dominik's Regards	104	14.8%	53.8%
Last Whisper	81	11.5%	43.2%

Real pick rate and win rate among collected games, all roles combined.

Most played runes

Runes	Games	Pick rate	Winrate
Fleet Footwork — Inspiration	304	43.2%	49.7%
First Strike — Domination	98	13.9%	45.9%
Electrocute — Inspiration	78	11.1%	42.3%
Electrocute — Sorcery	75	10.7%	49.3%
Conqueror — Domination	42	6.0%	47.6%
Conqueror — Inspiration	37	5.3%	46.0%
Conqueror — Sorcery	15	2.1%	40.0%

Real pick rate and win rate for each keystone + secondary tree combo, among collected games.

Lane matchups

Champion	Role	Games	Winrate
Qiyana	Jungle	30	46.7%
Lee Sin	Jungle	28	71.4%
Graves	Jungle	24	29.2%