Talon

The Blade's Shadow · Assassin

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Changes in Nexus Blitz

E

Cooldown changed to 80 to 30 seconds.

Abilities

PassiveBlade's End

Talon's spells Wound champions and large monsters, stacking up to 3 times. When Talon attacks a champion with 3 stacks of Wound, they bleed for heavy damage over time.

QNoxian Diplomacy8/7.5/7/6.5/6s40

Talon stabs the target unit. If they are within melee range, this attack deals critical damage. If they are outside melee range, Talon will leap at his target before stabbing them. Talon refunds some health and cooldown if this ability kills the target.

WRake9/8.5/8/7.5/7s50/55/60/65/70

Talon sends out a volley of daggers that then return back to him, dealing physical damage every time it passes through an enemy. The returning blades deal bonus damage and slow units hit.

E

Assassin's Path

0s

Talon vaults over any terrain or structure, up to a max distance. This ability has a low cooldown, but puts the used terrain on a long cooldown.

RShadow Assault100/80/60s100

Talon disperses a ring of blades and becomes Invisible while gaining additional Move Speed. When Talon emerges from Invisibility, the blades converge on his location. Each time the blades move, Shadow Assault deals physical damage to enemies hit by at least one blade.

Patch history

25.22 · Nov 5, 2025

Blade's End
Monster damage reduced to 100% from 110%.

25.11 · May 29, 2025

Assassin's Path
Undocumented / Bug Fix: Tooltip now shows the actual cooldown of the active instead of "No Cooldown".

25.8

Grand Reckoning Talon
Adjustments made to his fire and VFX elements throughout his kit.

14.24

Stats
Base magic resistance reduced to 36 from 39.
Blade's End
Damage against monsters reduced to 110% from 120%.

14.21

Rake
Return base damage increased to 60 to 180 from 50 to 170.
Return bonus AD ratio increased to 90% bonus AD from 80%.

35 older patches

14.17

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

14.15

Noxian Diplomacy
New Effect: Now always dashes to the target within 150 units regardless of cast distance.
Undocumented: Ranged dash now places the ability on cooldown after the dash is completed, rather than immediately after casting.

14.12

Noxian Diplomacy
Stab cast time changed to attack windup from 0.25 seconds.
Rake
Outgoing base damage increased to

Base stats

Health658 +109/lvl
Mana400 +37/lvl
Attack Damage68 +3.1/lvl
Attack Speed0.625 +2.9/lvl
Armor30 +4.7/lvl
Magic Resist36 +2.05/lvl
Base Health Regen8.5 +0.75/lvl
Base Mana Regen7.6 +0.8/lvl
Move Speed335
Range125

Melee · Resource: Mana

50 to 90

from

40 to 80

.

Monster damage reduced to 100% from 105%.

14.2

Withered Rose Talon
Rake
Bug Fix: VFX no longer extends past the spell's hitbox.

13.24

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

13.6

Stats
Base mana increased to 400 from 377.
Blade's End
Base damage increased to 80 to 280 from 75 to 255.
Bonus AD ratio increased to 210% bonus AD from 200%.
Rake
Mana cost reduced to 50 to 70 from 55 to 75.

12.22

Stats
Base mana reduced to 377 from 377.2.

12.12

General
Adjusted splash artwork for Prestige High Noon Talon.

12.10

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 from 10 to 70.

12.3

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

12.2

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

12.1

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

11.24

Noxian Diplomacy
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.
Rake
Damage against monsters reduced to 130% from 150%.
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.
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 rooted.

11.18

Noxian Diplomacy
Base damage reduced to 65 to 145 from 65 to 165.
Rake
Damage against monsters increased to 150% from 100%.

11.12

Rake
Outgoing base damage reduced to 40 to 80 from 45 to 105.
Outgoing bonus AD ratio reduced to 40% bonus AD from 55%.
Return base damage increased to 50 to 170 from 45 to 145.
Return bonus AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 70%.

11.10

Noxian Diplomacy
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 100% bonus AD from 110%.

11.4

Rake
Cooldown reduced to 9 to 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.

11.1

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

10.25

Rake
Return base damage increased to 45 to 145 from 45 to 125.

10.11

Noxian Diplomacy
Mana cost increased to 40 from 30.
Heal reduced to 10 to 70 from 20 to 71.

10.7

Rake
Base damage reduced to 45 to 105 from 50 to 110.
Return base damage reduced to 45 to 125 from 70 to 130.
Return AD ratio increased 70% bonus AD from 60%.

10.6

General
Recommended items updated.

10.4

Blade's End
New Effect: Bleed now deals 120% damage against monsters.
New Effect: Now triggers against all monsters.

8.14

Rake
Return base damage reduced 70 from 70.

8.10

Assassin's Path
Bug Fix: Will now be less likely to vault him in the opposite direction than was intended.

8.9

Noxian Diplomacy
Bug Fix: Range increased to 575 from 500.

8.6

Blade's End
Base damage increased to 75;85;95;105;115;125;135;145;155;165;175;185;195;205;215;225;235;245 from 75;85;95;105;115;125;135;145;155;165;175.
Shadow Assault
Bonus AD ratio increased to 100% bonus AD from 80%.

8.4

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

8.3

Stats
Base health regeneration reduced to 8.5 from 8.51.

8.2

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

7.22

Stats
Base attack damage increased to 68 from 60.
Base armor increased to 32 from 26.88.
Base health increased to 588 from 583.
Health growth increased to 95 from 90.
Blade's End
Base damage increased to 75;85;95;105;115;125;135;145;155;165;175 from 60;70;80;90;100;110;120;130;140;150;160.
Noxian Diplomacy
Base damage increased to 65 from 60.
Rake
Base damage increased to 70 from 60.

7.18

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

7.14

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.

7.7

Noxian Diplomacy
Base damage reduced to 60 from 80.

7.3

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