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Talon matchups

Tier 4#42 Mid12Full build
You playTalon

Tier 450.2% win · #42 mid

An even matchup48.9%Talon wins 48.9% of games into Yasuo, a little below the 50.2% Talon wins overall.
AgainstYasuo

Tier 349.0% win · #17 mid

48.9%50.6%

689 gamesSample A 45.0%Sample B 51.6%Sample C 51.4%Gold at 15 +479Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Talon: Gold 48.8% · Plat 51.5% · Emerald 49.8% · Diamond 49.2%Yasuo: Gold 49.7% · Plat 49.3% · Emerald 48.8% · Diamond 49.4%

Lane plan

No lane tip for this matchup yet; the facts on the right still hold.

  • Eclipse

    You complete Eclipse at ~10 min; Yasuo completes Immortal Shieldbow at ~13 min. 3 minutes where you're ahead.

  • Level 3: Yasuo's Wind Wall (W) is 25s, your Rake (W) is 9s, so you're back first. Level 6: Yasuo's ultimate 70s, yours 100s.

  • Ignite

    Yasuo takes Flash + Ignite in 50.4% of games. You take Flash + Ignite (96.3%).

Build into Yasuo

Sample B · Emerald+ · 272 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

  1. Start0:00

    Doran's BladeHealth Potion

    Doran's Blade + Health Potion

    87.1% of games · 52.7% win

  2. First back

    Long Sword×2BootsSerrated Dirk

    Long Sword, Boots, Serrated Dirk

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item10 min

    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    22.1% of games · 50.0% win
    • Youmuu's Ghostblade48.2%
    • Umbral Glaive47.9%

  4. 2nd item17 min

    Serpent's Fang

    Serpent's Fang

    23.2% of games · 41.3% win
    • Black Cleaver60.0%
    • Voltaic Cyclosword50.0%

  5. 3rd item22 min

    Serpent's Fang

    Serpent's Fang

    15.1% of games · 48.8% win
    • Death's Dance77.4%

  6. Boots13 min

    Plated Steelcaps

    Plated Steelcaps

    39.3% of games · 57.9% win
    • Ionian Boots of Lucidity47.1%
    • Boots of Swiftness44.0%

Runes

Most played page, 159 games

PrecisionPrecision

  1. ConquerorConquerorpicked in 58.5%
  2. TriumphTriumphpicked in 55.1%
  3. Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacritypicked in 48.9%
  4. Last StandLast Standpicked in 54.4%

DominationDomination

  1. Sudden ImpactSudden Impactpicked in 44.5%
  2. Treasure HunterTreasure Hunterpicked in 37.5%

Shards

Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealthAdaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 93 games
Q28101213
W14579
E31415
R611

Max

  1. WQE96.3% pick · 259 games52.1%

Yasuo: Q start, max QEW14,162 games

Summoner spells

FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite96.3% pick

FlashIgniteYasuo: Flash + Ignite, 50.4%18,466 games

Play against Yasuo

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Yasuo's abilities

Your opponent · uses flow
  1. P Way of the WandererPassive
  2. Q Steel Tempest4s cooldown · No cost · 475 range4s4s4s4s
  3. W Wind Wall25 / 23 / 21 / 19 / 17s cooldown · No cost · 400 range—25s25s25s
  4. E Sweeping Blade0.5 / 0.4 / 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.1s cooldown · No cost · 475 range—0.5s0.5s0.3s
  5. R Last Breath70 / 50 / 30s cooldown · No cost · 1400 range——70s50s

Wind Wall (W) is the long one early: 25s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Talon's abilities

You · uses mana
  1. P Blade's EndPassive
  2. Q Noxian Diplomacy8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6s cooldown · 40 mana · 575 range—8s8s7s
  3. W Rake9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 650 range9s9s8s7s
  4. E Assassin's Path0s cooldown · No cost · 725 range—0s0s0s
  5. R Shadow Assault100 / 80 / 60s cooldown · 100 mana · 550 range——100s80s

Rake (W) is the long one early: 9s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 12 mid matchups

Talon's win rate into each one · green beats Talon's average, rose falls short
44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.