Talk:Talon/@comment-41.239.26.70-20130323151930/@comment-4973753-20130401112258

I believe that the reason why Talon's damage "tickles" compared to Kha'Zix is because he's picking the wrong targets.Talon is highly specialized against squishy carries. Although with enough ArPen he can kill a tank, he's gonna die if he doesn't focus on the ADC damaging him.

As for the fight on who will win between the two, I'll say it'll be based on the summoner. Do note that Kha'Zix is not a good target for Talon, as he's got potential as a jungler due to Void Spike and his tankiness with Evolution and Sunfire Cape (I based this on the recommended items I saw. It varies with every player, but, what the heck), while Talon doesn't have much for that in his kit. Also, Taste Their Fear will deal more damage to a Talon that roams alone, so a 1v1 will fall against his favor, I'm afraid.

But do remember: Talon's ultimate, Shadow Assault, has a very low cooldown time compared to Active Camouflage. Add to that his habit of adding a Black Cleaver and Ionian Boots, he can gain 20% CD reduction with those two alone, which gives him 44 sec CD for Shadow Assault, 8 seconds for Rake, 3.2 seconds for Noxian Diplomacy, and 8 seconds for Cutthroat.

So if Kha’Zix initiates and Talon dodges, he can start with Cutthroat(silenced, Kha can't retaliate), throw a Rake, then punish him with a few AAs. Noxian Diplomacy comes next before attacking and chasing with Shadow Assault. With good stats, he can pull this off. If Kha’Zix doesn’t die (I bet he’ll start running after this combo though, considering Talon’s usually burst-y build), perhaps Flash + Ignite or another Cutthroat(if he goes for 40% CDR, he can do this) can finish the job.

Sorry for the wall of text, but I just think there’s one way or another that a champion can counter the other. By the way, as for Talon dying too early, do remember that Riot announced him as a “high risk, high reward and high burst assassin.” So, like Austin Powers…

He “also, likes to live dangerously.” XD