Talk:Talon/@comment-25427841-20140916155642/@comment-24036535-20140917225212

Not exactly, cast times and human reaction speed do limit his combo to, when done perfectly, is just under one second. Without the silence, Talon simply can't burst people because of all of their escapes, I think simply adding extra cast times to his burst, and toning down his damage will solve the "Talon" problem. Continuing on his silence, I agree, a silence on a super bursty assassin is no fun, its why they nerfed Leblanc, and a large reason they nerfed Kassadin. But Talon is different, he has the second shortest silence in the game. After that one second, the target can do anything they want, and if Talon missuses his E, he will almost certainly die. I think, at MOST, if they lower his silence duration, it should be to .8 seconds, anything lower than that would probably kill Talon since he relies on that silence so heavily.

On counters, no...

Talon can do absolute work against most midlaners except Yasuo, Swain, and Mordekaiser. Having said that, he has an advantage against other mids at 6. Before then, comboing them opens Talon up to a lot of harassment, especially against ranged champions, and drains his mana. Some mids he can establish dominance over, some, not so much. Pre 3 harass is also very useful against Talon, as his W is not only very weak at one point, but he can't fully harass you before he hits level 4.