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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
The Blade's Shadow
Official role
ASSASSIN
Lane
Jungle
Difficulty
Medium
Source tier
A

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE BLADE'S END

Talon's spells Wound champions and large monsters, stacking up to 3 times. When Talon attacks a champion with 3 stacks of Wound, they bleed for heavy damage over time.

1 NOXIAN DIPLOMACY

Talon stabs the target unit. If they are within melee range, this attack deals critical damage. If they are outside melee range, Talon will leap at his target before stabbing them. Talon refunds some health and cooldown if this ability kills the target.

2 RAKE

Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. The returning blades deal bonus damage and slow units hit.

3 ASSASSIN'S PATH

Talon vaults over any terrain or structure, up to a max distance. This ability has a low cooldown, but puts the used terrain on a long cooldown.

ULTIMATE SHADOW ASSAULT

Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes Invisible while gaining additional Move Speed. When Talon emerges from Invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Each time the blades move, Shadow Assault deals physical damage to enemies hit by at least one blade.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Youmuu's Ghostblade
  2. Serpent's Fang
  3. Serylda's Grudge
  4. Gluttonous Greaves

Runes

Matchups

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  • 5reviewed synergy links

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.