Champion sheet · Jungle

Talon

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

7.4%#95 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.9%picked in 529 of 17,953 games
Ban: 4.5%760 bans over 17,025 games, against 6.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle50.5% between 45.9% and 55.1% over 317 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.9 minsoloQ 26.7 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 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 Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itFirst Strike, then Umbral Glaive, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compInvade first: invades more than 98% of junglers.Map pressureDuelistDamagePokeInvade
With / againstBetter than expected against Lucian in amateur play: +22.0 pts over 33 games, range above zero.+22.0 pt33 games
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 Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.9%
SoloQ
3.6%
0.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.5%
SoloQ
6.9%
4.5% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 6.9% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.9 min
SoloQ
26.7 min
Median of 29.9 min in amateur play, against 26.7 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

First Strike, then Umbral Glaive, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFirst Strike37% · 9,471

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 25,282

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 43 games

Core (3 legendaries)11% · 1,671

11%of soloQ games

Umbral Glaive
Voltaic Cyclosword
Edge of Night

Same in amateur play

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

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Invade first: invades more than 98% of junglers.

Invadetop2%11% · junglers: 7%
Takes its kills in duelstop5%29% · junglers: 20%
Team damagetop14%21% · junglers: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure
Duelist
Damage
Poke
Invade

Like other junglers

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Jungle farm

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 75 in lane, 69 in mid game and 46 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

399+16 vs 383

841+45 vs 796

1,046-10 vs 1,056

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

Talonjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 99% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 75 of 100 among junglers399 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 69 of 100 among junglers841 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 46 of 100 among junglers1,046 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 98 of 100 among junglers+537 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 99 of 100 among junglers+903 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 79 of 100 among junglers5.2 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 28 of 100 among junglers577 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 10 of 100 among junglers47% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 95 of 100 among junglers29% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 13 of 100 among junglersrank 13 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 1 of 100 among junglers0.2 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 86 of 100 among junglers21% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 63 of 100 among junglers67 · median 66
Invade · rank 98 of 100 among junglers11% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Lucian in amateur play: +22.0 pts over 33 games, range above zero.

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.