Talk:Talon/@comment-5791964-20130617161930/@comment-4167645-20130621033921

Because Talon's early game damage isn't high enough to win trades on his own, that he has to resort to throwing multiple rakes until its safe to go in.

Its also not pre-determined that the enemy will walk up to you every 4 seconds. Have a look at Wukong's or Jax's playstyle. Whenever he tries to harass you, has he ever not used his jump ability before using his auto-attack enhancer? Thats because often, you don't want to be next to them because their damage is really high, but the short cooldown of their jumps even at lvl 1 throws your feelings out of the equation. Whats Talon's jump cooldown at lvl 1? 18 seconds. Unless the enemy is particularly frisky and comes close for you, you'll just look like Roberto from Futurama.

Additionally, Talon's damage in the early game isn't higher than theirs, and he is also much squishier without the option of a disengage, so going all in melee is more disadvantageous to Talon.