Talon ARAM Mayhem Build

The Blade's Shadow. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #73 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21AssassinNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.0%
Pick rate: 5.0%
Rank: #73 of 173
Games: 1,169,116
Patch: 26.21

How to play Talon in ARAM Mayhem

Talon is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #73 of 173 champions, with a 50.0% win rate over 1,169,116 games.

87% of Talon's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It deals 48,276 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills. It dies 13.7 times per game on average: it trades its life for impact, so time your engages with your team.

The Lethality build, lethality items for burst, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Hubris, Axiom Arc and Voltaic Cyclosword, with a 50.5% win rate over 816,972 games. On this build 58% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Talon are Weapon of Destiny, Mad Scientist and Clown College. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Back To Basics and Double Time when you can: they do worst on Talon. A pair to look for: Escape Plan with Hand of Baron.

Take Flash and Mark (97% of players). Max W (Rake) first, then Q, then E.

Talon ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Talon game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Lethality build · top ranked

50.5% win rate · 78% of Talon games · 816,972 games

Start

Long Sword
Guardian's Blade

Core items, in buying order

Hubris
Axiom Arc
Voltaic Cyclosword

Boots on the Lethality build for Talon, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	22%
No boots	58%
Boots of Swiftness	3%

Situational, after the core

Youmuu's Ghostblade9% buy it
Endless Hunger17% buy it
Death's Dance18% buy it
Serylda's Grudge23% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards25% buy it
Edge of Night11% buy it

Other build paths

Other Talon build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
BruiserHubris, Death's Dance, Endless Hunger		1.1%	54.7%
CritHubris, The Collector, Infinity Edge		8.5%	49.0%

Games: the share of all Talon games that went this way.

Most bought items

Hubris88% of games
Axiom Arc75% of games
The Collector66% of games
Voltaic Cyclosword32% of games
Serylda's Grudge27% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards27% of games
Death's Dance20% of games
Gluttonous Greaves18% of games
Serpent's Fang17% of games
Endless Hunger16% of games

Best augments for Talon

Every card with enough Talon games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Talon's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Talon

7 S tier and 24 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Talon in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier S	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Get Jinxed	Gold	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with Get Jinxed! Get Jinxed!: Ride a rocket that explodes upon hitting an enemy champion, structure, or terrain…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Fey Magic	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging with your Ultimate Polymorphs enemies for 2 seconds (15 second Cooldown).
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Can't Touch This	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your Ultimate makes you Invulnerable for 2 seconds (8s Cooldown).
Dive Bomber	Silver	Tier A	Explodes when you die, dealing 20% of the target's max Health as true damage to nearby enemies.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)

Average on Talon
42 cards, best first

Below average on Talon
19 cards, best first

Weakest on Talon
12 cards, best first

Best first augment for Talon

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Talon's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Weapon of Destiny, Mad Scientist and Clown College come out on top.

The best augments for Talon in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
2	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Final FormTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
3	Clown CollegeTier S	Final FormTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Clown CollegeTier S
4	Ultra HydraTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Final FormTier S
5	Final FormTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Giant SlayerTier A	The Boom and the BassTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Talon, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark97% of players · 50.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 47.2% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 48.0% win rate

Skill order

WRake
QNoxian Diplomacy
EAssassin's Path

Max W first. 74% of players use this order (51.1% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Talon in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 16.8 / 13.7 / 19.9
KDA: 2.84
Damage to champions: 48,276
Damage taken: 37,612
Self-mitigated: 32,641
Healing on allies: 0
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 7 s
Kill participation: 64%
Game length: 17:04

Damage type

Physical 87%Magic 3%True 9%

Questions and answers

What is the best Talon build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Lethality build first for Talon: Hubris, Axiom Arc and Voltaic Cyclosword. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Talon in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Talon, best first: Weapon of Destiny, Mad Scientist, Clown College, Hand of Baron and Final Form. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Talon good in ARAM Mayhem?

Talon is tier B on patch 26.21, #73 of 173 champions, with a 50.0% win rate over 1.2 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Talon in ARAM Mayhem?

For Talon's first pick on patch 26.21: Weapon of Destiny, Mad Scientist, Clown College, Ultra Hydra and Final Form, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Talon counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.