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Talon
Patch 16.2.1
JungleDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Use to establish deep vision and catch the enemy jungler or mid-laner in transit. Turn those picks into objective leads (Baron/Drakes) before the enemy builds enough armor to survive your burst.
Playstyle
Map-roaming assassin. You use the jungle as your highway to bypass wards, delete squishies, and create man-advantages before the enemy can react.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Unmatched map mobility with
- +High burst damage once is triggered
- +Excellent early-game skirmishing and invade potential
- +Flexible engage/disengage with invisibility
Weaknesses
- -Extremely squishy if caught without exits
- -Damage is heavily gated behind proccing
- -Falls off hard against high-armor/tank compositions
- -Predictable gank paths if the enemy wards the jungle walls
Abilities
This is where your kill pressure lives. You must hit 3 spells, then AUTO-ATTACK to trigger the bleed. If you don't auto, you don't get the kill. Works on large monsters too for faster clearing.
If you're in their face, this crits. If you're far, it's a gap closer. In the jungle, use it to kill small monsters for the HP and cooldown refund. Always try to use the melee version for maximum burst.
Your main tool for stacking . The first hit is fast, but the return hit deals more damage and slows. Use the slow to guarantee your follow-up.
The reason you play Talon jungle. You vault over walls. It has no mana cost. Use it to path through enemy camps or avoid common wards in the river. Each wall has a long individual cooldown, so don't trap yourself.
Gives you a ring of blades, speed, and invisibility. If you auto or someone, the blades fly to them. If you just wait, they return to you. Great for reaching the backline or escaping a bad spot.
Teamfight Role
Assassin / Flanker
Never lead the charge. Wait for the enemy to use their CC on your tanks. Use to flank from a wall they aren't watching, delete the ADC with , and vault back out.
If your team has a massive engage (like Malphite), you can follow up immediately with to provide AOE damage with the ring of blades.
Combos
Standard Gank
-> (Leap) -> -> Auto
Throw to slow, leap with , pop mid-air to guarantee the 3rd stack, then auto to trigger .
The Flower Combo
-> (Leap) + mid-dash -> Auto
Casting while mid-air in your dash makes the blades converge instantly on the target, giving them zero time to react before the auto.
Melee Execution
(Melee) -> -> -> Auto
Used when hiding in a bush or after using to get on top of someone. Melee deals much more damage.
The Escape Path
-> over a wall
Use invisibility to hide your movement, then over a wall to disappear. The enemy won't know which direction you vaulted.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | and provide enough damage to cheese many junglers at their second buff for an easy First Blood. |
| Level 6 | adds the final piece of your burst and makes it significantly easier to trigger . |
| Level 9 | With maxed, your waveclear and jungle clear become near-instant, allowing you to spend all your time roaming. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 reduces the cooldown significantly, allowing you to look for a pick every minute. |
Tips & Tricks
- • is an auto-attack reset. Use it after an auto on towers or camps for more DPS.
- •You can cast mid-air during . This lets you start stacking before you even land.
- •The blades from will follow the unit you onto, making it almost impossible for them to dodge the return damage.
- •Pay attention to the red circles on the ground after using ; those indicate the cooldown before you can jump that specific wall again.
- •If you kill a target with , you get a small heal. Use this while clearing to stay high HP for ganks.
- •Use 's movement speed to reposition so that the returning blades of hit your target.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Forgetting to Auto-attack→You miss out on the bleed, which is roughly 30-40% of your total combo damage.
- ✕Using to enter a fight when it's your only exit→You get a kill but immediately die because all the walls around you are on cooldown.
- ✕Leaping with when already in melee range→You lose the guaranteed critical strike damage from the melee version of .
- ✕Casting too late in the combo→The enemy might Flash or dash away before the second hit of or lands, preventing the proc.
- ✕Ignoring the enemy's armor items→You dive a target you can no longer one-shot, leaving you stuck in the middle of the enemy team with no cooldowns.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached