Talk:Talon/@comment-5557556-20160129134407/@comment-26442038-20160129143249

I actually think Talon is a stronger assassin atm. Late game his stealth and blink are better tools to assassinate squishies, as opposed to Zed's ult which is easily seen and countered. Zed is only super good in the laning phase. Afterwards, he really starts to fall off if he is not doing good thanks to the nerfs he received and QSS/Zhonya.

As for the Talon vs Zed matchup, Zed would win in the laning phase because he has poke, waveclear, escape and is manaless. However, once Talon reaches level 6 it becomes much easier for him since he can escape Zed's ult with his. And once the game starts dragging on some more, Talon would eventually win 100% of the time because he can burst down Zed much faster. And like what you said, Talon's ult cd is lower so he can bait out Zed's ult then go back in when it comes back.

This is assuming they are of equal skill level and no outplays are to happen. Talon can be a match for Zed, but not necessarily a counter since small outplays can make Zed win. Lissandra, Lulu or Fizz are better counters to Zed.