Talk:Talon/@comment-24036535-20150910022208

So, as a Talon main, I'd just like to start a little discussion: Building Tal.

The core build for Talon is pretty well accepted as standard. Rav, Youmuu's, and Last Whisper, though order I've noted varies. Otherwise, most builds opt for Mobis or Ionian boots, my personal preferance being Mobis now. The fourth offensive item, which most builds stop with seems to vary however, mainly between Black Cleaver, and Infinity Edge, depending on personal preference again, followed of course, by the stand variable defensive item.

The main variances I wanted to discuss were as follows: Rav and Youmuu's are generally the first two items and Talon player begins building, though which is completed first, and with what components is what I want to know from my fellow Talon players.

The other variance was the BC/IE buildpath, why people pick IE, and why they pick BC, I'll go ahead and list what I prefer and why.

For the first variance, I greatly prefer and Tiamat rush for the active and passive waveclear, then opt for a Youmuu's right away, with mobis after my Tiamat. This allows me to quickly shove my lane, roam, and pick up kills and apply pressure across the map, while not upgrading my Tiamat into Rav yet. I don't like upgrading to Rav because I essentially pay 1400 gold for 35 AD, while the increase in health regen and lifesteal are both relevant stats on Talon, they aren't worth itemizing for because Talon is a melee assassin in a ranged lane, if he ends up using that lifesteal, he's in position to die anyways, and by the time he's finished a Rav, the health regen isn't going to be useful anymore.

Onto the second, I opt for BC, mainly for the additional armor pen which helps me take on tankier targets, or anyone with a Zhonya's/GA, while also using my massive AoE to apply stacks to the enemy team. I also LOVE the CDR it offers, bringing me to 40% with runes, masteries, and Youmuu's, granting my ult a lovely 33 second cooldown, and my E and W 6 second cooldowns, giving me more teamfight presence, and allowing liberal usage of my ult later on in the game. I also dislike the IE build because 35% crit is not remotely reliable enough in my opinion to be used by Talon as a means to damage. tl:dr, I like BC's reliablility over IE's occasional, literal, one shots.