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Talon
the Blade's Shadow
Release date	2011-08-24
Last changed	V11.4
Class(es)	Assassin
Legacy	Assassin
Position(s)	Middle
Resource	Mana
Range type	Melee
Adaptive type	Physical
Store price	4800 | 880
Crafting	+ 2880
Ratings
Damage 3 Toughness 1 Control 1 Mobility 2 Utility 1
Style
Difficulty
Champion Spotlight
Talon Champion Spotlight

Base statisticsTalonEdit
Health 588+95
Health 588+95
Mana 377.2+37
Mana 377.2+37
Health regen. 8.5+0.75
Health regen. 8.5+0.75
Mana regen. 7.6+0.8
Mana regen. 7.6+0.8
Armor 30+3.5
Armor 30+3.5
Attack damage 68+3.1
Attack damage 68+3.1
Magic resist. 39+1.25
Magic resist. 39+1.25
Crit. damage 175%
Crit. damage 175%
Move. speed 335
Move. speed 335
Attack range 125
Attack range 125
Attack speed
Base AS 0.625
Base AS 0.625
Attack windup 12.375%
Attack windup 12.375%
AS ratio N/A
AS ratio N/A
Bonus AS +2.9%
Bonus AS +2.9%
Unit radius
Gameplay radius 65
Gameplay radius 65
Selection radius 120
Selection radius 120
Pathing radius 35
Pathing radius 35
Auto radius 400
Auto radius 400
Special statistics
Dmg. Dealt +5%
Dmg. Dealt +5%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%

Abilities

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Blade's End

	Innate: Talon's damaging abilities apply a wound stack for 6 seconds to enemy champions and large monsters hit, stacking up to 3 times, with the duration refreshing on basic attacks on-hit and subsequent damaging abilities.
	Talon's next basic attack against a target with 3 wound stacks will consume the stacks to cause the target to bleed, dealing them 75 − 245 (based on level) (+ 200% bonus AD) physical damage over 2 seconds, with each tick occurring every 0.125 seconds. The total damage is increased by 20% against monsters.

Info

Targeting input	Passive
Damage type
Type	DOT damage
Type	DOT damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Parries	Missing
Parries	Missing

Notes

• Blade's End's enhanced attack will still trigger if blocked.
• PENDING FOR TEST: Interaction with parrying effects ( dodge, blind).
• Spell shield will only prevent stacks from being applied.

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Noxian Diplomacy

TARGET RANGE: 575 / 170 CAST TIME: 0.25 / None COST: 40 Mana COOLDOWN: 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6

	Active: Talon dashes towards the target enemy, dealing physical damage on arrival. Casting the ability within closer range of the target causes Talon to instead stab them and critically strike for (50% +  35%) bonus physical damage.	Dash Physical Damage: 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165 (+ 110% bonus AD) Stab Physical Damage: 97.5 / 135 / 172.5 / 210 / 247.5 (+ 165% bonus AD)
	If Noxian Diplomacy kills its target, Talon heals for 10 − 70 (based on level) and 50% of its  cooldown is refunded.
	The stab version of Noxian Diplomacy resets Talon's basic attack timer and increases the  range of his next basic attack within 1 second by 75.
	Noxian Diplomacy will cause Talon to automatically basic attack the target.

Info

Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Aggro	True
Aggro	True
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked
Grounded	See Notes
Grounded	See Notes
Knockdown	Interrupted
Knockdown	Interrupted

Notes

• While grounded or rooted, only the melee version of the ability can be used.
• Noxian Diplomacy will also grant the heal if the target dies upon Talon's completion of the dash.
• Talon will stop at the target's last location if they blink long distances (i.e Recall, Teleport).
• For the stab version, if the target becomes untargetable, dies, is too far away, or Talon loses sight of them during the cast time, Noxian Diplomacy cancels and refunds its  cooldown. No damage is dealt in any of these cases.

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Rake	TARGET RANGE: 900 ANGLE: 22° CAST TIME: 0.25 COST: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 Mana COOLDOWN: 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7

	Active: Talon sends out a volley of daggers in the target direction, dealing physical damage to all enemies they pass through.	Physical Damage: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+ 55% bonus AD)
	The daggers then linger for 0.75 seconds before flying back to Talon, dealing physical damage to all enemies they pass through and slowing them for 1 second.	Return Physical Damage: 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 (+ 70% bonus AD) Total Physical Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 (+ 125% bonus AD) Slow: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%
	The traveling and returning pass each cannot affect the same enemy more than once.

Info

Targeting input	Direction
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

Notes

• If Talon dies while Rake is mid-air, the projectiles will still complete their travel.
• Rake will cast from wherever Talon is at the end of the cast time.

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Assassin's Path

TARGET RANGE: 725 CAST TIME: none COOLDOWN: 2 On-Terrain Cooldown: 160 / 135 / 110 / 85 / 60

	Active: Talon dashes a maximum of 800 units over the target structure or piece of terrain, with the dash's speed based on his own  movement speed.
	Talon cannot cast Assassin's Path on the same area of terrain for a set duration.

Info

Targeting input	Direction
Counters
Grounded	Disabled
Grounded	Disabled
Knockdown	Interrupted
Knockdown	Interrupted

Notes

• Assassin's Path can interact with player-generated terrain.

Map-Specific Differences

Nexus Blitz differences ^edit

• Cooldown changed to 80 / 67.5 / 55 / 42.5 / 30 seconds.

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Shadow Assault

EFFECT RADIUS: 550 CAST TIME: none COST: 100 Mana COOLDOWN: 100 / 80 / 60

	Active: Talon disperses a ring of blades around him, dealing physical damage to all nearby enemies, while gaining invisibility and  bonus movement speed for up to 2.5 seconds. Shadow Assault can be recast after 1 second.	Physical Damage: 90 / 135 / 180 (+ 100% bonus AD) Total Physical Damage: 180 / 270 / 360 (+ 200% bonus AD) Bonus Movement Speed: 40 / 55 / 70%
	When Talon emerges from invisibility, the blades converge to his location, dealing the same physical damage to all enemies they pass through. Breaking invisibility with a basic attack or Noxian Diplomacy causes the blades to converge to his target instead.
	Recast: Talon ends Shadow Assault early.

Info

Targeting input	Auto
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Physical
Sub-type	Physical
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

Notes

• Spell shield will block a single pass.
• Shadow Assault does not cancel Talon's basic attacks.

Patch history

See here for the complete patch history.

V11.4

• Rake
  • Cooldown reduced to 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7 seconds from 9 seconds at all ranks.
  • Initial pass bonus AD ratio increased to 55% bonus AD from 40%.
• Shadow Assault
  • Bug Fix: No longer causes the caster to become visible while stealthed if they reset Duskblade of Draktharr's Nightstalker during the invisibility.

V11.1

• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Bug Fix: Now properly grants a mana charge when equipped with Tear of the Goddess.

V10.25

• Rake
  • Return base damage increased to 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 from 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125.

V10.11

• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Mana cost increased to 40 from 30.
  • Heal reduced to 10 − 70 (based on level) from 20 − 71 (based on level).

V10.7

• Rake
  • Base damage reduced to 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 from 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110.
  • Return base damage reduced to 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 from 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130.
  • Return AD ratio increased 70% bonus AD from 60%.

V10.6

• General
  • Recommended items updated.

V10.4

• Blade's End
  • New Effect: Bleed now deals 20% bonus damage against monsters.
  • New Effect: Now also triggers against all monsters.

V8.14

• Rake
  • Return base damage reduced 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 from 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170.

V8.10

• Assassin's Path
  • Bug Fix: Will now be less likely to vault him in the opposite direction than was intended.

V8.9

• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Bug Fix: Range increased to 575 from 500.

V8.6

• Blade's End
  • Base damage increased to 75 − 245 (based on level) from 75 − 175 (based on level).
• Shadow Assault
  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 100% bonus AD from 80%.

V8.4

• Stats
  • Base magic resistance increased to 39 from 32.1.
  • Base armor reduced to 30 from 32.

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 8.5 from 8.51.

V8.2

• Noxian Diplomacy
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 68 from 60.
  • Base armor increased to 32 from 26.88.
  • Base health increased to 588 from 583.
  • Health growth increased to 95 from 90.
• Blade's End
  • Base damage increased to 75 − 175 (based on level) from 60 − 160 (based on level).
• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Base damage increased to 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165 from 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160.
• Rake
  • Base damage increased to 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 from 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160.

V7.18

• Blood Moon Talon
  • Blade's End
    • Bug Fix: VFX are now more visible on elevated terrain.

V7.14

• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Changed several interactions where it overwrotes any spell queuing commands, instead forcing the caster to immediately begin basic-attacking once the ability completed.

V7.7

• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Base damage reduced to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 80 / 110 / 120 / 140 / 160.

V7.3

• SSW Talon
  • Rake
    • Bug Fix: Blades no longer look like Talon's normal blades on the return trip for everyone else but him.

V7.1

• Stats
  • Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.75 from 0.5.
• Blade's End
  • Slightly bumped up brightness of passive particles.
• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Heal increased to 20 − 71 (based on level) from 17 − 51 (based on level).

V6.22

• General
  • New ability icons.
  • Attack frame improved.
• Stats
  • Base movement speed reduced to 335 from 350.
  • Health growth increased to 90 from 85.
  • Base attack damage increased to 60 from 55.
  • Base attack speed reduced to 0.625 from 0.668.
  • Attack speed growth increased to 2.9% from 2.7%.
• Blade's End (new innate)
  • New Innate: Talon's abilities Wound enemy champions and epic monsters damaged for a 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. When Talon attacks a fully stacked enemy, they bleed for 60 − 160 (based on level) (+ 200% bonus AD) physical damage over the next 2 seconds. Rake and Shadow Assault will not apply multiple stacks for multiple blades, but will apply up to two stacks for the outward and inward effects.
• Noxian Diplomacy
  • Revised Active: Talon strikes his target, dealing them 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 (+ 100% bonus AD) physical damage. If cast from melee range, Talon will critically strike them instead for 「 120 / 150 / 180 / 210 / 240 (+ 150% bonus AD) physical 」「 150% 」 damage. Whenever Noxian Diplomacy kills a unit, Talon restores 17 − 51 (based on level) health and refunds 50% of its cooldown.
  • Cooldown increased to 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds from 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4.
  • Mana cost reduced to 30 at all ranks from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60.
  • Range: 550 / 170..
• Rake
  • Cooldown reduced to 9 seconds at all ranks from 10.
  • Mana cost reduced to 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
  • Slow increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%.
  • Slow duration reduced to 1 second from 2.
  • New Effect: Slow now only applies when the blades return.
  • New Effect: Now has a 0.7 seconds delay before returning to Talon.
  • Range increased to 900 from 750.
  • Arc reduced to 22° from 40°.
  • Outgoing damage changed to 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 (+ 40% bonus AD) from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 60% bonus AD).
  • Return damage increased to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 60% bonus AD) from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 60% bonus AD).
  • Total damage changed to 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 / 270 (+ 100% bonus AD) from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 (+ 120% bonus AD).
• Assassin's Path (new E)
  • Active: Talon dashes over the target structure or piece of terrain, with the dash's speed based on his own movement speed. Talon cannot cast Assassin's Path on the same piece of terrain for a set duration.
  • Can vault over player-made terrain as well.
  • Cooldown: 2 seconds
  • Per-Target Cooldown: 160 / 135 / 110 / 85 / 60 seconds (can be reduced by cooldown reduction) A red ring will highlight used terrain to Talon.
• Shadow Assault
  • Base damage per hit reduced to 80 / 120 / 160 from 120 / 170 / 220.
  • AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 75% bonus AD.
  • New Effect: Blades now have a minimum lifetime of 0.8 seconds before returning to Talon.
  • New Effect: If Talon breaks stealth with a basic attack or Noxian Diplomacy, the blades will converge on his target's location instead of his own.
  • New Effect: Now has way more blades.
  • Stealth reclassified as Invisibility.

See also

League of Legends Portal | Champions