Talon·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Talon Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Opportunity. For your last 3 items, you should build Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and finish with Serpent's Fang. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 52.2% winrate over 366 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Talon Jungle build would be to take Smite and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Black Cleaver as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Death's Dance, Serpent's Fang and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 178 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Smite and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hubris as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Eclipse as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Death's Dance and Maw of Malmortius. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 53.0% win rate across 151 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Talon Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Opportunity as third item. The last 3 options are Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Serpent's Fang. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.5% win rate over 101 matches played.

Situational Talon Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Talon build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.