Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-27138335-20170104133712

At one point in time, Zed and Talon where core champions when it came to mixing up the mid lane meta. Both these champions had very decisive strengths and weaknesses which have been chiped and adjusted with the years. However with the Assasin update Talon seems to be slightly behind the curve. While Leblanc gained a new assortment of tricks, Rengar became a beast and the like, Talon just hasen't had the same impact.

In my experience, Talon was at his strongest during the time he had a silence. This was removed around the time when Riot sought to reign in the Silence status, also removing it from Leblanc.

With Leblanc it was removed due to being able to root and silence at the same time reducing and opponents options while also dealing hefty damage and still having an escape in her W/R depending how she used it, which could be deemed quite unfair.

This was also somwhat the case with Talon as his silence was placed on an instant teleport ability allowing the opponent (usually in lane being a mage) no way to respond until Talon had attacked and begun walking away. This along with his old Q and passive synergy made this also quite brutal in lane, However, due to his current laning only being based around the predictable Rake, should he get the Silence back?

If so it could either go on his Q (Maybe as part of the different ranged versions of it) or his new passive. I find Talon needing something to keep him relevant in his lane so that his opponent just needs to say missing and have the other lanes back off to tower. I find that I don't encounter Talon that much, and when I do they often struggle as they lose all their pressure around the map when my communication with (primarily) Bot lane is good (something which it usually is due to 4-man premade).

While It's true that there might be something me and my opponents might be missing, it usually dosen't help that no one has decided to update the strategy page for Talon beyond adding the new Champion Update video. (And yes, for the record I am among the Pre-Lethality, Armor pen build abusers, more with Fortune (actually almost only with her...) than Talon, but I believe that had Armor pen not been changed then Talon might be perfect as he is).

Also feel free to inform me if there is something I've missed. 