Talon·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Talon Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Absolute Focus in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Profane Hydra. For your last 3 items, you should build Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and finish with Axiom Arc. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 51.6% winrate over 5 506 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Talon Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Profane Hydra, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Youmuu's Ghostblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Axiom Arc. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.6% win rate over 2 487 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Relentless Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Eclipse as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Profane Hydra as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.0% win rate across 2 087 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Talon Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Profane Hydra as third item. The last 3 options are Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Axiom Arc. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.1% win rate over 1 146 matches played.

Situational Talon Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Talon build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.