Optimal Talon Mid Build Guide: Runes, Items & Matchups for Season 14
Talon is an aggressive assassin champion who excels at early game kills and picking off isolated targets. Here's your comprehensive guide to mastering Talon mid lane.
Most Popular Build (53.0% WR, 14,751 matches):
- Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
- Runes: Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, Scorch
- Core Items: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Opportunity
- Full Build: Add Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, Serpent's Fang
- Skill Order: W > Q > E
Alternative Build (51.6% WR, 2,228 matches):
- Runes: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence
- Items: Eclipse → Mercury's Treads → Black Cleaver → Sundered Sky → Death's Dance → Edge of Night
Off-Meta Build (55.3% WR, 787 matches):
- Runes: Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Sudden Impact, Ultimate Hunter
- Items: Same as Most Popular Build
Best Matchups:
- Smolder (58.2% WR)
- Malzahar (55.8% WR)
- Fizz (53.8% WR)
- Aurelion Sol (53.4% WR)
- Akali (52.6% WR)
Worst Matchups:
- Gragas (42.6% WR)
- Malphite (45.2% WR)
- Lissandra (46.8% WR)
- Irelia (46.9% WR)
- Zoe (47.0% WR)
Key Tips:
- Prioritize early first blood to snowball your lead
- Flank during teamfights to access enemy carries
- Look for isolated targets to assassinate
- Adjust build based on enemy composition
- Use terrain to your advantage with Assassin's Path (E)
