Champion sheet · Mid

Talon

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

7.3%#98 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.9%picked in 544 of 18,478 games
Ban: 4.4%775 bans over 17,528 games, against 7.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid52.4% between 46.7% and 57.9% over 212 gamesSoloQ 51.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 325,271 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Umbral Glaive, Bastionbreaker, 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 draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
1.9%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.5%
SoloQ
7.2%
4.5% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 7.2% in soloQ over 132,897 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Umbral Glaive, Bastionbreaker, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror70% · 9,052

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite98% · 12,643

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 39 games

Core (3 legendaries)9% · 630

9%of soloQ games

Umbral Glaive
Bastionbreaker
Edge of Night

Amateur: Eclipse, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance (9%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

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.

582+55 vs 528

940+41 vs 899

1,140-39 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Talonmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 77% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

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%

04 — With / against

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.