Talonvs Riven
Talon vs Riven is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Riven wins with a 66.7% win rate (+33.3%) over Talon based on 15 games. Riven 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 Riven 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 Riven Matchup?
Talon vs Riven Matchup Summary
The Talon vs Riven matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 15 recent matches analyzed, Riven wins with a 66.7% win rate compared to Talon's 33.3%, giving Riven a 33.3 percentage point advantage. Riven 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 Riven leads by 0.9s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Riven 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 Riven 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 Riven Laning Phase Breakdown
Riven is favored during the laning phase against Talon, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Riven holds advantages in farming, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Talon Build Against Riven
Ionian Boots of Lucidity is the optimal boots choice against Riven, providing the mobility and stats Talon needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Talon against Riven are Voltaic Cyclosword, Serpent's Fang and Serylda's Grudge. This combination gives Talon an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Talon vs Riven matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Talon16.7%
Riven83.3%Talon44.4%Riven55.6%Riven dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 83.3% win rate — a 66.7 percentage point lead over Talon. This lopsided early game means Riven can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Riven is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 55.6% win rate — 11.1 points above Talon. Extended games heavily favor Riven, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Riven 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 Riven
Domination
Precision
The Domination and Precision rune setup gives Talon the best tools to compete against Riven in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Talon matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.29% | 140 | 1.3 | 837 | 14,020 | 54.8% | 53.9% | |
| 45.93% | 135 | 3.0 | 837 | 13,206 | 43.8% | 47.9% | |
| 51.61% | 124 | 1.1 | 752 | 12,757 | 58.5% | 44.1% | |
| 47.50% | 120 | 1.1 | 844 | 13,584 | 61.8% | 35.4% | |
| 46.60% | 103 | 1.2 | 813 | 13,074 | 41.3% | 50.9% | |
| 47.06% | 102 | 1.3 | 867 | 13,401 | 41.3% | 51.8% | |
| 50.50% | 101 | 1.1 | 857 | 13,870 | 51.2% | 50.0% | |
| 39.13% | 92 | 2.3 | 927 | 12,986 | 34.1% | 43.8% | |
| 48.31% | 89 | 4.8 | 874 | 12,770 | 46.1% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 81 | 6.2 | 912 | 12,590 | 45.5% | 62.5% | |
| 48.15% | 81 | 2.7 | 985 | 14,188 | 45.5% | 50.0% | |
| 43.59% | 78 | 6.0 | 894 | 13,834 | 34.6% | 48.1% | |
| 50.65% | 77 | 3.9 | 977 | 13,689 | 43.3% | 55.3% | |
| 47.30% | 74 | 1.4 | 864 | 14,237 | 50.0% | 45.5% | |
| 54.17% | 72 | 6.3 | 932 | 13,115 | 63.0% | 48.9% | |
| 41.67% | 72 | 1.1 | 796 | 14,232 | 48.1% | 37.8% | |
| 53.52% | 71 | 3.6 | 967 | 14,349 | 54.2% | 53.2% | |
| 50.00% | 68 | 1.3 | 878 | 14,024 | 53.6% | 47.5% | |
| 49.25% | 67 | 5.9 | 965 | 12,152 | 44.4% | 52.5% | |
| 46.15% | 65 | 1.2 | 863 | 14,209 | 53.9% | 41.0% | |
| 48.28% | 58 | 1.0 | 730 | 13,553 | 50.0% | 46.7% | |
| 41.82% | 55 | 6.2 | 977 | 12,047 | 48.3% | 34.6% | |
| 62.96% | 54 | 1.2 | 924 | 13,299 | 66.7% | 58.3% | |
| 50.00% | 52 | 5.3 | 886 | 11,363 | 52.0% | 48.1% | |
| 43.14% | 51 | 1.3 | 785 | 13,611 | 56.0% | 30.8% | |
| 49.02% | 51 | 1.4 | 780 | 13,706 | 58.8% | 44.1% | |
| 46.00% | 50 | 1.2 | 744 | 13,755 | 47.4% | 45.2% | |
| 42.00% | 50 | 6.2 | 868 | 12,538 | 29.4% | 48.5% | |
| 52.08% | 48 | 6.3 | 863 | 13,296 | 55.6% | 50.0% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 1.2 | 763 | 12,827 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 6.0 | 969 | 12,278 | 52.9% | 41.7% | |
| 58.54% | 41 | 1.2 | 811 | 13,019 | 42.1% | 72.7% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 1.6 | 778 | 14,390 | 41.2% | 60.9% | |
| 38.46% | 39 | 5.6 | 795 | 12,859 | 45.5% | 35.7% | |
| 52.78% | 36 | 6.5 | 895 | 12,607 | 52.4% | 53.3% | |
| 50.00% | 36 | 6.1 | 831 | 10,778 | 40.0% | 62.5% | |
| 44.44% | 36 | 1.2 | 849 | 13,213 | 42.1% | 47.1% | |
| 36.11% | 36 | 1.4 | 825 | 12,542 | 31.3% | 40.0% | |
| 54.84% | 31 | 6.5 | 985 | 11,827 | 57.9% | 50.0% | |
| 45.16% | 31 | 5.8 | 848 | 13,220 | 10.0% | 61.9% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 1.2 | 810 | 12,927 | 43.8% | 53.3% | |
| 43.33% | 30 | 1.5 | 869 | 13,939 | 40.0% | 46.7% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 1.1 | 847 | 15,175 | 54.5% | 47.4% | |
| 37.93% | 29 | 6.1 | 1,069 | 12,492 | 38.5% | 37.5% | |
| 37.93% | 29 | 1.2 | 940 | 14,288 | 46.1% | 31.3% | |
| 53.57% | 28 | 1.1 | 922 | 13,499 | 62.5% | 41.7% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 1.1 | 1,024 | 15,297 | 62.5% | 36.8% | |
| 57.69% | 26 | 1.5 | 885 | 13,750 | 61.5% | 53.9% | |
| 50.00% | 26 | 6.0 | 1,013 | 12,032 | 40.0% | 56.3% | |
| 65.38% | 26 | 1.2 | 930 | 13,685 | 73.3% | 54.5% | |
| 38.46% | 26 | 6.6 | 1,002 | 11,927 | 11.1% | 52.9% | |
| 44.00% | 25 | 5.8 | 840 | 11,954 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 64.00% | 25 | 6.1 | 1,027 | 12,351 | 53.3% | 80.0% | |
| 44.00% | 25 | 2.0 | 941 | 13,295 | 27.3% | 57.1% | |
| 40.00% | 25 | 4.5 | 832 | 12,506 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 6.5 | 944 | 11,942 | 66.7% | 26.7% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 1.4 | 858 | 15,424 | 33.3% | 52.9% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 6.3 | 923 | 12,884 | 44.4% | 57.1% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 5.9 | 889 | 13,484 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 65.22% | 23 | 3.8 | 871 | 13,128 | 87.5% | 53.3% | |
| 59.09% | 22 | 6.1 | 926 | 13,555 | 37.5% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 6.3 | 766 | 11,614 | 45.5% | 54.5% | |
| 59.09% | 22 | 0.9 | 803 | 13,100 | 45.5% | 72.7% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 3.9 | 752 | 11,810 | 38.5% | 66.7% | |
| 40.91% | 22 | 5.9 | 904 | 13,196 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 59.09% | 22 | 6.2 | 754 | 10,196 | 80.0% | 41.7% | |
| 33.33% | 21 | 1.4 | 775 | 12,204 | 30.8% | 37.5% | |
| 52.38% | 21 | 6.4 | 877 | 13,031 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 21 | 1.1 | 959 | 14,577 | 55.6% | 16.7% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 1.2 | 842 | 14,330 | 75.0% | 43.8% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 6.4 | 835 | 13,047 | 66.7% | 23.1% | |
| 61.11% | 18 | 2.2 | 729 | 14,079 | 66.7% | 58.3% | |
| 33.33% | 18 | 6.3 | 833 | 11,295 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
| 37.50% | 16 | 3.8 | 922 | 14,997 | 40.0% | 36.4% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 4.8 | 940 | 12,029 | 62.5% | 25.0% | |
| 43.75% | 16 | 2.6 | 880 | 13,527 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 26.67% | 15 | 6.0 | 789 | 12,427 | 28.6% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 4.2 | 928 | 13,689 | 16.7% | 44.4% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 1.4 | 884 | 10,132 | 71.4% | 57.1% | |
| 71.43% | 14 | 4.6 | 1,144 | 15,539 | 60.0% | 77.8% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 6.1 | 874 | 12,627 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 23.08% | 13 | 2.4 | 761 | 13,212 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 0.9 | 975 | 11,355 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 3.3 | 786 | 11,605 | 37.5% | 40.0% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 2.2 | 868 | 14,296 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 4.5 | 655 | 12,488 | 28.6% | 33.3% | |
| 16.67% | 12 | 1.6 | 892 | 13,903 | 20.0% | 14.3% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 1.1 | 891 | 11,774 | 42.9% | 40.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 2.5 | 784 | 12,683 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 3.4 | 1,113 | 14,871 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
| 18.18% | 11 | 1.9 | 817 | 10,996 | 14.3% | 25.0% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 4.3 | 812 | 12,161 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.9 | 1,302 | 17,396 | 100.0% | 44.4% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.3 | 909 | 13,995 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.5 | 811 | 13,930 | 20.0% | 60.0% | |
| 10.00% | 10 | 6.4 | 794 | 10,652 | 0.0% | 20.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 6.5 | 808 | 11,689 | 33.3% | 16.7% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 1.8 | 749 | 13,547 | 66.7% | 16.7% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 2.2 | 910 | 12,858 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 4.6 | 1,229 | 15,578 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.0 | 733 | 12,940 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.8 | 1,067 | 14,280 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 1.1 | 686 | 9,520 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.0 | 1,022 | 14,579 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 4.8 | 912 | 13,521 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.7 | 792 | 12,680 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.4 | 962 | 11,047 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 3.2 | 782 | 17,232 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.3 | 1,021 | 17,030 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.3 | 718 | 11,410 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.1 | 965 | 11,411 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 3.4 | 1,034 | 16,002 | 0.0% | 60.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 6.7 | 972 | 14,428 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
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Talon vs Riven - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Talon do against Riven in League of Legends?
Riven wins the Talon vs Riven matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to Talon's 33.3%, a 33.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 15 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Talon do against Riven in the early game?
In the early game, Riven has the advantage against Talon with a 83.3% win rate versus 16.7%. Riven players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Talon do against Riven in the late game?
In the late game, Riven takes over the Talon vs Riven matchup with a 55.6% win rate compared to 44.4%. Riven scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Talon vs Riven matchup?
Riven wins the matchup against Talon with a 66.7% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 33.3 percentage point advantage means Riven is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 15 games analyzed.
What is the best Talon build against Riven?
The best Talon build against Riven includes Voltaic Cyclosword, Serpent's Fang, Serylda's Grudge with Ionian Boots of Lucidity. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Talon runes against Riven?
The best Talon runes against Riven use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Talon vs Riven matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Talon counter Riven?
No, Talon struggles against Riven with only a 33.3% win rate. Riven has the advantage in this matchup. Talon players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Riven's lead.
How do I play Talon against Riven?
When playing Talon against Riven, play cautiously and avoid Riven's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Riven has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.