Talk:Talon/@comment-24036535-20150627040710/@comment-26353480-20150707200309

Talon should have a weak laning phase, but in reality Talon usually comes out on top in the early game (see win rate by game length: http://champion.gg/champion/Talon/Middle). How well he does in lane is almost entirely dependent on how good his opponent is. Rake has low base damage, short range, long cooldown, and high mana cost, but it almost never misses due to its wide AoE. The only variable is how accurate his opponent is. If his opponent miss a lot of skillshot, they will eventually lose the lane as they run out of mana and get slowly wittled down by Rake. Talon's gains a huge powerspike at level 6, which allows him to 80-0 against 90% of matchups. At only 75 second cooldown Talon can get a kill, go back and buy, then come back to have his full burst combo again. It's great.