Mid Matchup

Twisted Fate vs Talon

Patch: 15.17 (25.17)
League: Platinum+
Twisted Fate

Twisted Fate

the Card Master
Mid
Twisted Fate Mid Overall Win Rate
50.53%

Matchup Win Rate

51.5%
Twisted Fate vs Talon Wins
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48.5%
Talon vs Twisted Fate Wins
Talon

Talon

the Blade's Shadow
Mid
Talon Mid Overall Win Rate
50.42%

Twisted Fate vs Talon - Mid Matchup Guide Patch 15.17 (25.17)

Twisted Fate Mid vs Talon Mid - Who is stronger?

Twisted Fate Mid has an advantage against Talon (51.5% win rate) based on 473 games. The matchup leans toward Twisted Fate.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Twisted Fate Mid vs Talon Mid in patch 15.17 (25.17), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Twisted Fate dominates the meta (16th most popular, 4.7% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Talon (1.7% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of mid lane's current powerhouses. Meta strength confirmed: Twisted Fate's superior tier rating (A vs B) translates into a solid 51.5% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Twisted Fate ranks 30th in win rate among Mid champions. Optimize for consistency: Electrocute paired with Taste of Blood (55.9% win rate, 4.9% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Rod of Ages > Lich Bane > Mejai's Soulstealer with Boots of Swiftness delivers 70%+ win rate against Talon.

Lane dominance: Twisted Fate not only wins the matchup but crushes CS (7.06/min vs 6.26 for Talon). This 0.80 CS/min advantage generates significant gold leads that compound your already favorable position. Quality over quantity: Twisted Fate wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (604 vs 808/min), the 51.5% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Twisted Fate leads in both matchup win rate (51.5%) and KDA (2.40 vs 2.30) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Twisted Fate vs Talon - Mid Stats Comparison

Twisted Fate Mid
Twisted Fate Mid		Versus
Talon Mid
Talon Mid
ATierB
51.5%Matchup Winrate48.5%
50.53%Role Winrate50.42%
#30Winrate Rank#32
4.7%Pickrate1.7%
2.4Average KDA2.3
434Gold per Minute452
7.06CS/Min6.26
0.36Wards per Minute0.22
604Damage per Minute808

How to Beat Talon as Twisted Fate (Mid)

While statistically Twisted Fate is slightly stronger than Talon in the mid lane, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Twisted Fate deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Talon deals mainly physical damage (90.95%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

An important advantage of Twisted Fate is higher farming statistics (ranked 16th among role champions) (versus 39th for Talon), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.3 versus 2.4) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Twisted Fate Mid versus Talon Mid matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Twisted Fate player to maintain constant pressure on Talon, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Twisted Fate vs Talon: Mid Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
49.5% Win Rate77.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
67.0% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate vs Talon: Mid Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Unsealed Spellbook
Unsealed Spellbook Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each unique Summoner Spell you swap to permanently decreases your swap cooldown by 25s (initial swap cooldown is at 5 mins).

Your first swap becomes available at 6 mins.

Summoner Spells can only be swapped while out of combat.
After using a swapped Summoner Spell you must swap 3 more times before the first can be selected again.
Smite damage increases after two Summoner Spell swaps.

Unsealed Spellbook

Swap one of your equipped Summoner Spells to a new, single use Summoner Spell. Each uniqu…

Cash Back
Cash Back Get 6% Gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Cash Back

Get 6% Gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste.

Gain 10 or 25 bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks, respectively.

Jack Of All Trades

For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack gran…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

+2% Move Speed
+2% Move Speed +2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

50.6% Win Rate48.3% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Damage: 70 - 240 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) damage.
Cooldown: 20s

'We called them the Thunderlords, for to speak of their lightning was to invite disaster.'

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Taste of Blood
Taste of Blood Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) health (based on level)

Cooldown: 20s

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP)…

Sixth Sense
Sixth Sense Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

This effect has a 250 second Cooldown.

Sixth Sense

Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the tea…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Celerity
Celerity All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Celerity

All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm Every 10 min gain AP or AD, adaptive.

10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD
20 min: + 24 AP or 14 AD
30 min: + 48 AP or 29 AD
40 min: + 80 AP or 48 AD
50 min: + 120 AP or 72 AD
60 min: + 168 AP or 101 AD
etc...

Gathering Storm

Every 10 min gain AP or AD, adaptive.10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD 20 min: + 24 AP or …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+2% Move Speed
+2% Move Speed +2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+2% Move Speed

+65 Health
+65 Health +65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

55.9% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate vs Talon: Mid Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
50.8% Win Rate89.1% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
50.8% Win Rate49.8% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
50.2% Win Rate19.3% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
47.2% Win Rate13.6% Pick Rate
Core Build
Catalyst of Aeons
Catalyst of Aeons (1300 gold) 350 Health
375 Mana
Eternity
Restores 10% of the damage taken from champions as Mana.
Casting an Ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
->
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages (2600 gold) 50 Ability Power
400 Health
400 Mana
Timeless
This item gains 10 Health, 20 Mana and 3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.
Eternity
Taking damage from champions restores 10% of the damage as Mana.
Casting an ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
Lich Bane
Lich Bane (3200 gold) 115 Ability Power
4% Move Speed
10 Ability Haste
Spellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
55.2% Win Rate37.7% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
66.6% Win Rate22.1% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Cull
Cull (450 gold) 7 Attack Damage
Reap
Restore 3 HealthOn-Hit.
Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
84.4% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
87.3% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
50.8% Win Rate49.8% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
50.2% Win Rate19.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Catalyst of Aeons
Catalyst of Aeons (1300 gold) 350 Health
375 Mana
Eternity
Restores 10% of the damage taken from champions as Mana.
Casting an Ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
->
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages (2600 gold) 50 Ability Power
400 Health
400 Mana
Timeless
This item gains 10 Health, 20 Mana and 3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.
Eternity
Taking damage from champions restores 10% of the damage as Mana.
Casting an ability heals for 25% of Mana spent.
Lich Bane
Lich Bane (3200 gold) 115 Ability Power
4% Move Speed
10 Ability Haste
Spellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
99.6% Win Rate1.7% Pick Rate
Final Build
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
77.1% Win Rate21.1% Pick Rate
Other Items
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
77.1% Win Rate21.1% Pick Rate
Stormsurge
Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
4% Move Speed
Stormraider
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Squall
After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
70.6% Win Rate8.7% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
82.8% Win Rate7.4% Pick Rate
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
39.7% Win Rate6.1% Pick Rate
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt (2600 gold) 60 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Supersonic
Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
74.7% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration
49.7% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
67.3% Win Rate3.7% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate vs Talon: Mid Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Wild Cards Twisted Fate throws three cards, dealing damage to each enemy unit they pass through.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Pick a Card Twisted Fate chooses a magic card from his deck, and uses that for his next attack, causing bonus effects.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Stacked Deck Every 4 attacks, Twisted Fate deals bonus damage. In addition, his Attack Speed is increased.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Destiny Twisted Fate predicts the fortunes of his foes, revealing all enemy champions and enabling the use of Gate, which teleports Twisted Fate to any target location in 1.5 seconds.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
47.2% Win Rate39.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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R
Q
Wild Cards Twisted Fate throws three cards, dealing damage to each enemy unit they pass through.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Pick a Card Twisted Fate chooses a magic card from his deck, and uses that for his next attack, causing bonus effects.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Stacked Deck Every 4 attacks, Twisted Fate deals bonus damage. In addition, his Attack Speed is increased.
E
E
E
E
E
R
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Destiny Twisted Fate predicts the fortunes of his foes, revealing all enemy champions and enabling the use of Gate, which teleports Twisted Fate to any target location in 1.5 seconds.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
73.2% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate

Twisted Fate tips:

  • Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.
  • Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.
  • Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Playing Against Talon

  • Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
  • Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
  • Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Twisted Fate Mid other Matchups

Twisted Fate
+4.6%
Akali

Twisted Fate vs Akali

Twisted Fate
+4.4%
Azir

Twisted Fate vs Azir

Twisted Fate
+4.0%
LeBlanc

Twisted Fate vs LeBlanc

Twisted Fate
+4.0%
Galio

Twisted Fate vs Galio

Twisted Fate
+3.1%
Lissandra

Twisted Fate vs Lissandra

Twisted Fate
+3.0%
Zoe

Twisted Fate vs Zoe

Twisted Fate
+2.4%
Diana

Twisted Fate vs Diana

Twisted Fate
+2.3%
Qiyana

Twisted Fate vs Qiyana

Twisted Fate
+2.2%
Veigar

Twisted Fate vs Veigar

Twisted Fate
+1.9%
Irelia

Twisted Fate vs Irelia

Twisted Fate
+1.8%
Ryze

Twisted Fate vs Ryze

Twisted Fate
+1.8%
Lux

Twisted Fate vs Lux

Twisted Fate
+1.4%
Orianna

Twisted Fate vs Orianna

Twisted Fate
+1.3%
Xerath

Twisted Fate vs Xerath

Twisted Fate
+1.2%
Aurora

Twisted Fate vs Aurora

Twisted Fate
+0.5%
Katarina

Twisted Fate vs Katarina

Twisted Fate
+0.4%
Ahri

Twisted Fate vs Ahri

Twisted Fate
-1.0%
Zed

Twisted Fate vs Zed

Twisted Fate
-1.0%
Syndra

Twisted Fate vs Syndra

Twisted Fate
-1.3%
Aurelion Sol

Twisted Fate vs Aurelion Sol

Twisted Fate
-1.4%
Hwei

Twisted Fate vs Hwei

Twisted Fate
-1.5%
Viktor

Twisted Fate vs Viktor

Twisted Fate
-1.5%
Mel

Twisted Fate vs Mel

Twisted Fate
-1.6%
Ekko

Twisted Fate vs Ekko

Twisted Fate
-1.6%
Vex

Twisted Fate vs Vex

Twisted Fate
-1.7%
Yasuo

Twisted Fate vs Yasuo

Twisted Fate
-2.1%
Taliyah

Twisted Fate vs Taliyah

Twisted Fate
-2.2%
Yone

Twisted Fate vs Yone

Twisted Fate
-2.5%
Malzahar

Twisted Fate vs Malzahar

Twisted Fate
-2.5%
Akshan

Twisted Fate vs Akshan

Twisted Fate
-2.6%
Annie

Twisted Fate vs Annie

Twisted Fate
-2.6%
Fizz

Twisted Fate vs Fizz

Twisted Fate
-2.8%
Vladimir

Twisted Fate vs Vladimir

Twisted Fate
-3.5%
Anivia

Twisted Fate vs Anivia

Twisted Fate
-3.7%
Sylas

Twisted Fate vs Sylas