User blog comment:Zeowolf0/Talon - Wolf Style/@comment-4742270-20120414054816

I actually build him completely differently. I saw this guy gettint built wiht some focus on AAs before (thus Phantom Dancer and Youmuu's show up in those builds), but trust me, he is just so much more effective when built fully on the burst section..

Try starting with either Vampiric Scepter or Boots + 3 potions and rush your first Bloodthirster directly. Talon has such a straight-forward, easy farming and kill-oriented early to mid game that you should easily be able to purchase it at around 15 minutes, maybe even earlier. Grab the simple shoes in the process and build them to either Merc's, Ionian or Ninja Tabi after you finish your Bloodthirster.

Never get Brutalizer, it is completely wasted gold on Talon. If you want / need Armor Pen, grab runes for it and buy a Last Whisper (NOT a Black Cleaver, plz, Talon ist still not an auto attacker) as soon as they gain more than around 75 total armor (which will be somewhere around mid-game).

After Boots, your first Bloodthirster and Last Whisper you can take a look at their team, as your core equip is now finished. If their AP carries are dominating and you're dieing from DoT spells and AoE ults, grab a Maw of Malmortius. If their AD carries are pushing you to your limits, grab a Guardian Angel. If their damage is balanced, grab a Frozen Mallet (except they have something that scales on health, like Kog'Maw, Mordekaiser, etc.) Finally, if their team completely ignores you, even though you dominate them, stack Bloodthirsters.

Why Bloodthirsters in general? Because Talon is not a good auto attacker and thus, all other high-damage items (Infinity Edge and Black Cleaver) just don't work for him. He is a plain AD caster, live with it. :)

My final equip usually looks like this (I rarely manage to finish it, though): Mercury Treads - Bloodthirster - Last Whisper - Maw of Malmortius - Guardian Angel - Bloodthirster.

It gives you insane burst on your usual W-Q-E-R-R (or Q-E-W-R-R) combo and a huge heap of resistances for those pesky team fights. Try it out, it always works for me. :)