Talk:Talon/Strategy/@comment-121.220.34.31-20110916065515/@comment-4973753-20130403043156

^ I think it's because most people build him full burst; he can't rely on AA's that much if he doesn't build AtS.

But I strongly disagree with using Shadow Assault to farm minions. If you build full burst, you should be able to destroy and Rake a large minion wave all by yourself.

This takes a lot of awareness for incoming champions(I've only tried this in CoOp vs AI- Intermediate) but once you have a Black Cleaver, you can sort of "backdoor" minions, raking them and taking the damage they deliver long before your minions arrive.With that done, you kill two birds with one stone:

1. you farm for a lot of gold.

2. you help your team push by lessening the minions they need to kill, thus preserving your minions.