Talonvs Malphite
Talon vs Malphite is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Malphite wins with a 71.9% win rate (+43.8%) over Talon based on 32 games. Malphite holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Talon build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Talon vs Malphite matchup.
Talon Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Talon performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Talon vs Malphite Matchup?
Talon vs Malphite Matchup Summary
The Talon vs Malphite matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 32 recent matches analyzed, Malphite wins with a 71.9% win rate compared to Talon's 28.1%, giving Malphite a 43.8 percentage point advantage. Malphite dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Talon players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Malphite leads by 0.8s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Malphite has a strong advantage in this matchup. Talon players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Malphite overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Talon vs Malphite Laning Phase Breakdown
Malphite is favored during the laning phase against Talon, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Malphite holds advantages in damage, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Talon Build Against Malphite
Mercury's Treads is the optimal boots choice against Malphite, providing the mobility and stats Talon needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Talon against Malphite are Eclipse, Sundered Sky and Black Cleaver. This combination gives Talon an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build has a 33.3% win rate across 3 games. While the overall matchup may be difficult, this item path gives Talon the best chance to compete against Malphite. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Talon vs Malphite matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Talon27.3%
Malphite72.7%Talon28.6%Malphite71.4%Malphite dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 72.7% win rate — a 45.5 percentage point lead over Talon. This lopsided early game means Malphite can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Malphite is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 71.4% win rate — 42.9 points above Talon. Extended games heavily favor Malphite, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Malphite holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Talon players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Talon Runes Against Malphite
Domination
Inspiration
The Domination and Inspiration rune setup gives Talon the best tools to compete against Malphite in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Talon matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. The table below shows Talon's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Talon build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.67% | 150 | 1.3 | 849 | 13,981 | 48.3% | 48.9% | |
| 49.32% | 148 | 1.2 | 781 | 13,703 | 47.8% | 50.6% | |
| 45.52% | 145 | 1.2 | 804 | 13,297 | 43.1% | 48.0% | |
| 53.73% | 134 | 1.1 | 817 | 14,081 | 56.3% | 52.3% | |
| 50.79% | 126 | 1.2 | 871 | 13,921 | 42.6% | 56.9% | |
| 52.38% | 126 | 1.4 | 864 | 14,012 | 46.7% | 57.6% | |
| 49.18% | 122 | 6.3 | 916 | 12,620 | 48.1% | 50.0% | |
| 43.70% | 119 | 1.3 | 843 | 13,817 | 40.8% | 45.7% | |
| 47.41% | 116 | 6.5 | 885 | 12,826 | 48.9% | 46.5% | |
| 51.82% | 110 | 6.3 | 930 | 12,588 | 48.9% | 54.0% | |
| 43.52% | 108 | 1.5 | 858 | 13,227 | 35.4% | 50.0% | |
| 49.04% | 104 | 1.2 | 855 | 14,025 | 54.8% | 45.2% | |
| 50.00% | 104 | 3.9 | 942 | 12,629 | 53.3% | 47.5% | |
| 54.17% | 96 | 3.6 | 928 | 13,023 | 46.1% | 63.6% | |
| 54.74% | 95 | 3.5 | 936 | 13,447 | 39.0% | 66.7% | |
| 46.81% | 94 | 3.4 | 931 | 13,354 | 54.3% | 42.4% | |
| 49.45% | 91 | 2.4 | 969 | 14,064 | 41.0% | 55.8% | |
| 49.43% | 87 | 6.0 | 927 | 11,848 | 47.4% | 51.0% | |
| 52.87% | 87 | 1.4 | 882 | 13,937 | 42.9% | 59.6% | |
| 45.35% | 86 | 5.4 | 899 | 12,608 | 44.4% | 46.0% | |
| 57.14% | 84 | 5.3 | 862 | 13,186 | 58.1% | 56.6% | |
| 54.76% | 84 | 1.3 | 897 | 14,276 | 48.5% | 58.8% | |
| 51.39% | 72 | 1.3 | 875 | 13,796 | 47.1% | 55.3% | |
| 53.52% | 71 | 1.2 | 856 | 14,260 | 64.3% | 46.5% | |
| 50.75% | 67 | 6.3 | 907 | 12,380 | 41.4% | 57.9% | |
| 49.25% | 67 | 1.1 | 758 | 13,223 | 46.7% | 51.4% | |
| 48.48% | 66 | 6.2 | 857 | 11,932 | 42.4% | 54.5% | |
| 41.27% | 63 | 6.0 | 906 | 11,629 | 42.9% | 40.0% | |
| 43.55% | 62 | 1.3 | 814 | 14,541 | 58.3% | 34.2% | |
| 42.62% | 61 | 1.1 | 787 | 14,081 | 37.5% | 46.0% | |
| 44.26% | 61 | 1.1 | 754 | 13,709 | 52.4% | 40.0% | |
| 53.33% | 60 | 1.3 | 888 | 15,135 | 58.3% | 50.0% | |
| 48.21% | 56 | 6.2 | 975 | 12,533 | 54.5% | 44.1% | |
| 53.70% | 54 | 6.0 | 933 | 13,514 | 47.1% | 56.8% | |
| 50.94% | 53 | 1.2 | 857 | 14,622 | 57.9% | 47.1% | |
| 51.92% | 52 | 1.3 | 909 | 14,205 | 52.4% | 51.6% | |
| 49.02% | 51 | 1.3 | 915 | 12,749 | 43.5% | 53.6% | |
| 56.00% | 50 | 1.5 | 947 | 15,105 | 58.8% | 54.5% | |
| 42.55% | 47 | 6.1 | 771 | 12,074 | 57.1% | 30.8% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 1.3 | 839 | 13,526 | 47.8% | 60.9% | |
| 60.87% | 46 | 5.0 | 984 | 12,367 | 72.7% | 50.0% | |
| 46.51% | 43 | 6.3 | 1,106 | 13,259 | 56.3% | 40.7% | |
| 42.86% | 42 | 1.1 | 953 | 13,212 | 38.1% | 47.6% | |
| 45.24% | 42 | 1.8 | 1,027 | 14,185 | 43.8% | 46.1% | |
| 60.98% | 41 | 1.2 | 811 | 13,324 | 47.6% | 75.0% | |
| 45.00% | 40 | 2.2 | 772 | 12,736 | 60.0% | 36.0% | |
| 47.50% | 40 | 1.0 | 819 | 13,719 | 52.9% | 43.5% | |
| 45.00% | 40 | 1.2 | 712 | 12,534 | 45.0% | 45.0% | |
| 56.41% | 39 | 5.7 | 902 | 13,062 | 60.0% | 54.2% | |
| 56.41% | 39 | 6.4 | 853 | 12,410 | 42.9% | 64.0% | |
| 62.16% | 37 | 6.0 | 925 | 12,810 | 46.1% | 70.8% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 3.4 | 797 | 13,077 | 31.6% | 52.9% | |
| 55.88% | 34 | 6.4 | 884 | 12,909 | 50.0% | 61.1% | |
| 45.45% | 33 | 6.3 | 816 | 12,595 | 42.9% | 47.4% | |
| 53.13% | 32 | 1.4 | 880 | 13,898 | 53.9% | 52.6% | |
| 62.50% | 32 | 6.4 | 991 | 12,165 | 57.1% | 66.7% | |
| 28.13% | 32 | 3.6 | 759 | 13,159 | 27.3% | 28.6% | |
| 45.16% | 31 | 1.5 | 887 | 14,582 | 42.9% | 47.1% | |
| 43.33% | 30 | 1.5 | 877 | 13,387 | 54.5% | 36.8% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 1.3 | 864 | 13,844 | 46.7% | 60.0% | |
| 46.67% | 30 | 1.1 | 743 | 12,797 | 35.7% | 56.3% | |
| 55.17% | 29 | 1.6 | 812 | 14,447 | 66.7% | 42.9% | |
| 55.17% | 29 | 6.2 | 883 | 11,583 | 46.7% | 64.3% | |
| 35.71% | 28 | 5.8 | 797 | 12,783 | 30.0% | 38.9% | |
| 39.29% | 28 | 5.6 | 942 | 11,220 | 37.5% | 41.7% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 6.4 | 880 | 13,353 | 50.0% | 31.6% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 6.0 | 879 | 11,614 | 27.3% | 43.8% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 6.1 | 856 | 12,401 | 80.0% | 41.2% | |
| 66.67% | 24 | 1.2 | 999 | 15,106 | 62.5% | 68.8% | |
| 54.17% | 24 | 6.6 | 1,079 | 12,889 | 66.7% | 46.7% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 1.7 | 952 | 14,356 | 45.5% | 58.3% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.1 | 927 | 12,588 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.5 | 941 | 12,418 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 35.00% | 20 | 4.3 | 743 | 11,763 | 30.8% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 6.1 | 885 | 11,949 | 37.5% | 58.3% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 3.0 | 1,000 | 12,233 | 55.6% | 60.0% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 2.1 | 902 | 14,197 | 37.5% | 40.0% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 6.2 | 919 | 13,761 | 42.9% | 36.4% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 1.6 | 809 | 13,104 | 28.6% | 60.0% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 6.0 | 806 | 12,270 | 33.3% | 27.3% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 5.5 | 801 | 11,819 | 50.0% | 22.2% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 3.3 | 808 | 14,551 | 25.0% | 72.7% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 5.2 | 1,134 | 12,030 | 42.9% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 6.3 | 976 | 13,651 | 50.0% | 27.3% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 3.5 | 916 | 11,295 | 33.3% | 55.6% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 1.6 | 831 | 14,639 | 60.0% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 1.7 | 1,016 | 14,520 | 20.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 4.5 | 949 | 11,692 | 57.1% | 57.1% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 1.6 | 749 | 12,669 | 42.9% | 42.9% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 5.2 | 900 | 14,188 | 0.0% | 70.0% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 5.0 | 825 | 12,279 | 33.3% | 22.2% | |
| 18.18% | 11 | 1.9 | 1,072 | 13,422 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 2.3 | 1,090 | 14,188 | 25.0% | 42.9% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 1.3 | 827 | 12,424 | 62.5% | 33.3% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 4.6 | 803 | 11,413 | 0.0% | 71.4% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 2.8 | 921 | 13,689 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 1.4 | 712 | 9,487 | 37.5% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 2.3 | 720 | 13,814 | 33.3% | 42.9% | |
| 80.00% | 10 | 3.5 | 676 | 11,656 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 6.0 | 817 | 10,879 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.1 | 941 | 14,499 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 88.89% | 9 | 7.2 | 1,067 | 14,520 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 5.8 | 912 | 13,719 | 0.0% | 14.3% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 2.9 | 831 | 9,943 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 4.7 | 1,103 | 15,142 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 6.9 | 831 | 13,147 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 2.5 | 817 | 13,067 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.5 | 1,101 | 16,323 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 1.1 | 741 | 13,958 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 3.0 | 1,065 | 15,312 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 1.9 | 982 | 10,163 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 4.2 | 1,079 | 15,654 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.0 | 772 | 10,599 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.4 | 783 | 13,222 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.0 | 1,054 | 13,409 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 2.8 | 903 | 13,326 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.6 | 945 | 12,893 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 2.4 | 906 | 14,990 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.4 | 1,043 | 14,508 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 656 | 10,796 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
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Talon vs Malphite - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Talon do against Malphite in League of Legends?
Malphite wins the Talon vs Malphite matchup with a 71.9% win rate compared to Talon's 28.1%, a 43.8 percentage point difference. This data is based on 32 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Talon do against Malphite in the early game?
In the early game, Malphite has the advantage against Talon with a 72.7% win rate versus 27.3%. Malphite players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Talon do against Malphite in the late game?
In the late game, Malphite takes over the Talon vs Malphite matchup with a 71.4% win rate compared to 28.6%. Malphite scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Talon vs Malphite matchup?
Malphite wins the matchup against Talon with a 71.9% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 43.8 percentage point advantage means Malphite is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 32 games analyzed.
What is the best Talon build against Malphite?
The best Talon build against Malphite includes Eclipse, Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver with Mercury's Treads. This build achieves a 33.3% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Talon runes against Malphite?
The best Talon runes against Malphite use the Domination primary tree with Inspiration secondary. This rune setup achieves a 60.0% win rate in the Talon vs Malphite matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Talon counter Malphite?
No, Talon struggles against Malphite with only a 28.1% win rate. Malphite has the advantage in this matchup. Talon players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Malphite's lead.
How do I play Talon against Malphite?
When playing Talon against Malphite, play cautiously and avoid Malphite's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Malphite has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.