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Talon

Assassin

League of Legends (PC) Talon in Wild Rift

Talon Win Rate

WR50.0%PR7.3%BR20.3%Diamond+ Jungle

Talon Current Status

Talon was last nerfed in Patch 25.22 (). Across 51 patches, Talon has received 15 buffs, 14 nerfs, 21 adjustments since release in Patch 1.0.0.124.

Abilities
Blade's EndPC
Passive - Blade's End

Innate: Talon's abilities apply a stack of Wound to enemy champions and large monsters hit for 6 seconds, refreshing on basic attacks and subsequent applications and stacking up to 3 times.

Talon's next basic attack on-hit against an enemy with 3 Wound stacks is empowered to consume them all to cause the target to bleed, dealing 80 - 303.53 (based on level) (+ 210% bonus AD) total physical damage over 2 seconds. The target cannot gain Wound stacks during this time.

Noxian DiplomacyPC
Q - Noxian Diplomacy
Cost: 40 Mana
CD: 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6
Cast Time: None
Range: 575

Active: Talon dashes toward the target enemy, stabbing the target upon arrival to deal physical damage. If cast within close range, Talon dash to the target over the cast time instead and Noxian Diplomacy critical strike for 150 damage, as well as grants him 75 bonus attack range on his next basic attack within 1 second.

Physical Damage: 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Critical Physical Damage: 97.5 / 127.5 / 157.5 / 187.5 / 217.5 (+ 150% bonus AD)

If Noxian Diplomacy kills the target, Talon heals for 9 - 60.41 (based on level) and the ability's cooldown is reduced by 50%.

Noxian Diplomacy basic attack reset Talon's basic attack timer. Shadow Assault can be cast during the dash.

RakePC
W - Rake
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 Mana
CD: 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7
Cast Time: 0.25
Range: 900

Active: Talon throws a fan of daggers in a cone in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies hit.

Physical Damage: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 (+ 40% bonus AD)
Physical Damage: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 90% bonus AD)
Total Physical Damage: 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 / 270 (+ 130% bonus AD)
Slow: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%

At maximum range, the daggers linger for 0.7 seconds before homing back to Talon, dealing physical damage to enemies hit and slow them for 1 second.

Enemies can be hit only once per pass.

Assassin's PathPC
E - Assassin's Path
CD: 2
Cast Time: None
Range: 725

Active: Talon dashes up to 800 units over the target area of terrain while within proximity of it, during which he gains unobstructed vision.

Talon cannot cast Assassin's Path on the same area of terrain for a set duration.

Shadow Assault can be cast during the dash.

Shadow AssaultPC
R - Shadow Assault
Cost: 100 Mana
CD: 100 / 80 / 60
Cast Time: None
Effect Radius: 550

Active: Talon disperses a ring of blades around him that deals physical damage to enemies hit and lingers at maximum range for up to 2.5 seconds, during which he gains invisibility and bonus movement speed.

Physical Damage: 90 / 135 / 180 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Bonus Movement Speed: 40 / 55 / 70%
Total Physical Damage: 180 / 270 / 360 (+ 200% bonus AD)

Shadow Assault can be recast after 1 second within the duration, and does so automatically after the duration or if Talon breaks stealth.

Recast: Talon breaks stealth and converges the blades to him, dealing the same physical damage to enemies hit. Breaking stealth with a basic attack or Noxian Diplomacy will converge the blades to the target instead.

Base Stats

Health: 658
Health Per Level: 109
Mana: 400
Mana Per Level: 37
Attack Damage: 68
AD Per Level: 3.1
Attack Speed: 0.625
AS Per Level: 2.9
Armor: 30
Armor Per Level: 4.7
Magic Resist: 36
MR Per Level: 2.05
Movement Speed: 335
Range: 125
Health Regen: 8.5
HP Regen Per Level: 0.75
Mana Regen: 7.6
Mana Regen Per Level: 0.8

Talon Changes

Patch 25.22

nerf

Talon is running (front-flipping) the jungle right now, especially with the newly-buffed Axiom Arc. By comparison, he’s pretty fair in mid, so we’re just looking to give him some jungle-specific nerfs without hurting his viability mid.

Blade's End

  • Monster damage reduced to 100% from 110%.

Patch 25.15

buff

General

  • Q Bonus AD Ratio: 100% → 115%
  • W Bonus AD Ratio: 40%/90% (initial/return) → 50%/100% (initial/return)
  • E Terrain CD: 160 / 135 / 110 / 85 / 60 → 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
  • R Cooldown: 100 / 80 / 60 → 80 / 70 / 60

Patch 25.11

change

Assassin's Path

  • Undocumented / Bug Fix: Tooltip now shows the actual cooldown of the active instead of "No Cooldown".

Patch 25.8

change

Grand Reckoning

  • Adjustments made to his fire and VFX elements throughout his kit.

Patch 14.24

nerf

Base MR decreased. Passive monster damage modifier decreased.

Stats

  • Base magic resistance reduced to 36 from 39.

Blade's End

  • Damage against monsters reduced to 110% from 120%.

Patch 14.21

buff

W damage increased.

Rake

  • Return base damage increased to 60/90/120/150/180 from 50/80/110/140/170.
  • Return bonus AD ratio increased to 90% bonus AD from 80%.

Patch 14.17

change

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Bug Fix: Ranged dash now once again places the ability on cooldown immediately after it is cast.

Patch 14.15

buff

Q dash now lands closer to target.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • New Effect: Now always dashes to the target within 150 units regardless of cast distance.

Patch 14.12

change

Q cast time now scales with attack speed.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Stab cast time changed to attack windup from 0.25 seconds.

Rake

  • Outgoing base damage increased to 50/60/70/80/90 from 40/50/60/70/80.
  • Monster damage reduced to 100% from 105%.

Patch 14.2

change

Withered Rose

  • Rake
  • Bug Fix: VFX no longer extends past the spell's hitbox.

Patch 13.24

buff

Ranged Q now also resets Talon's attack timer.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • New Effect: Dash cast now resets his basic attack timer as well.

Patch 13.6

buff

Base mana increased. Passive base damage increased, AD ratio increased. W mana cost decreased.

Stats

  • Base mana increased to 400 from 377.

Blade's End

  • Base damage increased to 80 to 280 (based on level) from 75 to 255 (based on level).
  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 210% bonus AD from 200%.

Rake

  • Mana cost reduced to 50/55/60/65/70 from 55/60/65/70/75.

Patch 12.22

nerf

Stats

  • Base mana reduced to 377 from 377.2.

Patch 12.12

change

General

  • Adjusted splash artwork for Prestige High Noon.

Patch 12.10

buff

Stats

  • Base health increased to 658 from 588.
  • Health growth increased to 109 from 95.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Base heal reduced to 9 to 55 (based on level) from 10 to 70 (based on level).

Patch 12.3

change

Shadow Assault

  • Bug Fix: Blades no longer briefly disappear for a frame on cast of the VFX.

Patch 12.2

nerf

W monster damage ratio decreased.

Rake

  • Damage against monsters reduced to 105% from 130%.

Patch 12.1

change

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it could sometimes hit untargetable enemy champions.

Patch 11.24

nerf

Talon jungle has been a nightmare in high elo, so we're pulling back on his power there.

Blade's End

  • Bug Fix: Abilities blocked by spell shields no longer improperly apply their mark VFX.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Bug Fix: Now properly refunds its cooldown if the target becomes invalid during the cast time of the melee version.
  • Bug Fix: Ranged version no longer restarts its cooldown upon completing the dash.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where its target would not refund its cooldown.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it would cancel his next basic attack.

Assassin's Path

  • Bug Fix: Dash is no longer interrupted if the caster blocks a displacement with a spell shield.

Shadow Assault

  • Bug Fix: Blades no longer converge to the ranged version of Noxian Diplomacy target if that ability is cast while root.

Rake

  • Damage against monsters reduced to 130% from 150%.

Patch 11.18

change

Q base damage decreased late. W now deals bonus damage vs monsters.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Base damage reduced to 65/85/105/125/145 from 65/90/115/140/165.

Rake

  • Damage against monsters increased to 150% from 100%.

Patch 11.12

change

W initial damage decreased; and return damage increased.

Rake

  • Outgoing base damage reduced to 40/50/60/70/80 from 45/60/75/90/105.
  • Outgoing bonus AD ratio reduced to 40% bonus AD from 55%.
  • Return base damage increased to 50/80/110/140/170 from 45/70/95/120/145.
  • Return bonus AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 70%.

Patch 11.10

nerf

Q bonus AD damage ratio decreased.

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 100% bonus AD from 110%.

Patch 11.4

buff

W cooldown now scales; bonus damage ratio increased.

Rake

  • Cooldown reduced to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 seconds from 9 seconds at all ranks.
  • Outgoing 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 Nightstalker during the invisibility.

Patch 11.1

change

Noxian Diplomacy

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

Patch 10.25

buff

W return damage increased later.

Rake

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

Patch 10.11

nerf

Q cost increased; heal on kill decreased early.

Noxian Diplomacy

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

Patch 10.7

change

W initial base damage decreased; return base damage decreased, damage ratio increased.

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%.

Patch 10.4

buff

Blade's End

  • New Effect: Bleed now deals 120% damage against monsters.
  • New Effect: Now triggers against all monsters.

Patch 8.14

nerf

Rake

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

Patch 8.10

change

Assassin's Path

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

Patch 8.9

buff

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Bug Fix: Range increased to 575 from 500.

Patch 8.6

buff

Blade's End

  • Base damage increased to 75 to 245 (based on level) from 75 to 175 (based on level).

Shadow Assault

  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 100% bonus AD from 80%.

Patch 8.4

change

Stats

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

Patch 8.3

nerf

Stats

  • Base health regeneration reduced to 8.5 from 8.51.

Patch 8.2

buff

Noxian Diplomacy

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

Patch 7.22

buff

Blade's End

  • Base damage increased to 75 to 175 (based on level) from 60 to 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.

Patch 7.18

change

Blood Moon

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

Patch 7.14

change

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.

Patch 7.7

nerf

Noxian Diplomacy

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

Patch 7.3

change

SSW

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

Patch 7.1

buff

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 to 71 (based on level) from 17 to 51 (based on level).

Patch 6.5

nerf

Shadow Assault

  • Cooldown increased to 100/80/60 seconds from 75/65/55.
  • Mana cost increased to 100 at all ranks from 80/90/100.

Patch 4.17

change

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Animation sped up. This does not affect gameplay.

Cutthroat

  • Silence removed.
  • Now slows the enemy champion by 99% for 0.25 seconds.

Shadow Assault

  • Now has a haste animation for while Talon is hasted.

Patch 4.5

change

Shadow Assault

  • Bug Fix: Activating Flash will no longer break stealth.
  • Activating Noxian Diplomacy will no longer break stealth.

Patch 4.1

change

Cutthroat

  • Now blinks Talon slightly further behind his target.

Patch 1.0.0.154

nerf

Noxian Diplomacy

  • Bleed damage reduced to 10/20/30/40/50 from 18/36/54/72/90.
  • Bleed bonus attack damage ratio reduced to 1 from 1.2.

Cutthroat

  • Fixed a bug where the damage amplification did not actually apply.
  • Fixed an bug that sometimes caused Rake to fire backwards after using Cutthroat.

Shadow Assault

  • Damage reduced to 120/170/220 from 120/190/260.
  • Bonus attack damage ratio reduced to 0.75 from 0.9.

Patch 1.0.0.139

buff

Stats

  • Base armor increased to 20.5 from 18.5.

Patch 1.0.0.134

change

Shadow Assault

  • The allied ultimate HUD indicator will now go grey immediately after casting.

Patch 1.0.0.128

nerf

Rake

  • Mana cost increased to 60/65/70/75/80 from 45/50/55/60/65.

Shadow Assault

  • Cooldown increased to 75/65/55 from 60/50/40.

Patch 1.0.0.127

nerf

Stats

  • Base health regeneration reduced to 7.25 per 5 seconds from 9.5.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 6.75 per 5 seconds from 10.

Patch 1.0.0.124

new

Talon added to League of Legends

Mercy (Innate)

  • Talon's auto-attacks deal additional damage to a target that is under the influence of any crowd control effect.

Noxian Diplomacy (Q)

  • Talon viciously stabs his enemy, dealing heavy physical damage and causing them to leave a blood trail that Talon can use to track them.

Rake (W)

  • Talon fans out three blades in front of him that quickly return to him, dealing damage and slowing any target hit in either direction.

Shadow Assault (Ultimate)

  • Talon enters stealth for a short duration, gaining a movement speed boost and sending blades that deal damage to all enemies in their path flying in every direction. Once the blades reach a certain distance, they pause and form a circle. When Talon reappears from stealth, the blades return to him, once again dealing damage to any opponent they pass through.

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Talon League of Legends FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When was Talon last changed in League of Legends?
Talon was last nerfed in League of Legends Patch 25.22, released November 4, 2025.
How many times has Talon been buffed or nerfed in LoL?
Talon has been changed in 51 League of Legends patches: 15 buffs, 14 nerfs, 21 adjustments.
Was Talon changed in LoL Patch 26.14?
No - Talon was not changed in Patch 26.14. Its most recent change was in Patch 25.22.
When was Talon released in League of Legends?
Talon was released in League of Legends in Patch 1.0.0.124 on August 24, 2011.