Talon
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 1.5%picked in 39 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 2.5%49 bans over 1,958 games, against 14.3% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
- How to play itElectrocute, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 96% of mid laners.Map pressureDuelistSplit-push
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.2%
- SoloQ
- 0.9%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.0%
- SoloQ
- 14.3%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesElectrocute42% · 1,919
SpellsFlash + Ignite99% · 4,484
SkillsWnot collected in soloQ- Youmuu's Ghostblade
- Voltaic Cyclosword
- Edge of Night
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Map pressure first: more map pressure than 96% of mid laners.
- Map pressuretop4%4.6 · mid laners: 3.2
- Takes its kills in duelstop10%29% · mid laners: 23%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Map pressure
- Duelist
- Split-push
Like other mid laners
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 15 min
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- Little CC
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 84 in lane, 61 in mid game and 31 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 77% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 84 of 100 among mid laners582 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 61 of 100 among mid laners940 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 31 of 100 among mid laners1,140 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners+192 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 77 of 100 among mid laners+391 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners4.6 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners663 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 16 of 100 among mid laners51% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 90 of 100 among mid laners29% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 25 of 100 among mid lanersrank 25 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 10 of 100 among mid laners0.2 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 63 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.9%3,952 picks of 431,269ban 14.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%7 picks of 3,686ban 2.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
7.1% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.