Talon is a melee assassin usually played Jungle/Mid on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Talon in ARAM: Play as an aggressive assassin, using your mobility to flank and delete priority targets, then escape with your ultimate or E over terrain.
Talon ARAM Abilities
Talon's spells Wound enemies; attacking a fully Wounded target makes them bleed over time.
Talon stabs his target, leaping if out of range, and refunds health and cooldown on kill.
Talon throws daggers that return, damaging and slowing enemies hit twice.
Talon vaults over terrain, with a low personal cooldown but a long cooldown on the terrain used.
Talon becomes invisible and gains Move Speed, then blades converge on his location, damaging enemies hit.
Talon ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as an aggressive assassin, using your mobility to flank and delete priority targets, then escape with your ultimate or E over terrain.
Tips
Use your passive, Blade's End, to stack damage on enemies before engaging for maximum burst.
In ARAM, prioritize mobility items like Youmuu's Ghostblade to dodge skillshots and reposition.
Save your ultimate, Shadow Assault, for finishing low-health targets or escaping after a pick.
Leverage the narrow map to land your W, Rake, on multiple enemies for poke and waveclear.
Build lethality items early to snowball against squishy ARAM comps.
Combos
W (Rake) > Q (Noxian Diplomacy) > auto-attack for a quick burst trade.
R (Shadow Assault) > Q > auto-attack > W for a full assassination combo.
E (Assassin's Path) over walls to flank > W > Q > R for surprise engages.
Talon ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Precision
Conqueror
Triumph
Legend: Haste
Last StandSecondary — Domination
Treasure Hunter
Sudden ImpactSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Long Sword - 2.
Serrated Dirk
Core Items
- 1.
Hubris - 2.
Axiom Arc - 3.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you need burst and chase potential
- enemy has immobile squishy targets
- your champion relies on short trades
Avoid when:
- enemy team has heavy peel or disengage
- you need sustained damage over burst
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has heavy poke or cc
- you need to survive burst combos
- your champion dives the backline
Avoid when:
- enemy team is auto-attack heavy
- you need sustained damage over burst
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you need burst and chase potential
- enemy has immobile squishy targets
- your champion relies on short trades
Avoid when:
- enemy team has heavy peel or disengage
- you need sustained damage over burst
Options
Talon ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Talon in ARAM?
In ARAM, Talon typically builds core items like Hubris, Axiom Arc, Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Conqueror runes (Precision primary, Domination secondary).
What runes should I use for Talon in ARAM?
Take Conqueror in the Precision tree as your keystone, with Domination as your secondary tree for Talon in ARAM.
How do you play Talon in ARAM?
Play as an aggressive assassin, using your mobility to flank and delete priority targets, then escape with your ultimate or E over terrain.
What is Talon's best combo in ARAM?
W (Rake) > Q (Noxian Diplomacy) > auto-attack for a quick burst trade.
