How to win the jungle race as Talon against Taliyah · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Talon's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Taliyah.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Talon Favoured | The Noxian Diplomacy bleed wins short trades at shared entrances. Threaded Volley on worked ground still chunks melee contests, so this is an edge and not a blowout — take the level-1 crossing only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Talon Favoured | Rake's return damage makes mid-range poke trades free for you, but boulder-field poke plus the W shove keeps duels at their range. You still win the straight exchange on the second camp; keep it short, keep it decisive, and keep the scuttle line yours. |
| Level 3 Route | Talon Favoured | Wall-hop pathing means you only pick fights when the numbers favor you. Taliyah can make it awkward — a W toss into a stunning boulder field bursts you at every choke point — but not as the first scuttle timer lands. Trade, then walk away with the first scuttle and the gank window behind it. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Talon Favoured — Take Duels | The 4-5 window is yours if you pick it: she uses 4-5 to shove waves and cross the map, with worked ground making her the faster rotator. Track that pattern, arrive one camp early, and take the fight before the follow-up shows. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Shadow Assault Favoured | Shadow Assault stealth plus converging blades burst anyone you touch, while Weaver's Wall splits the map. You win the breakpoint against Taliyah, not the whole game — cash it on the first objective after both sides hit six. |
| First Item Spike | Profane Hydra Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage and movement multiplier that completely overpowers traditional squishy or isolated targets. Taliyah's first item makes the volley-into-shove combo a real burst instead of chip damage from range. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Taliyah Late — End Early | You do not want the late 1v1 here. She zones with mines and splits the map with the wall whenever she wants to — so trade the map instead, and keep every fight a numbers fight. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Red Buff camp utilizing your area-of-effect Rake to maximize early clear speed. Taliyah clears very fast with Threaded Volley on worked ground and rotates faster than almost anyone off her passive.
Ranked by the race windows in Talon's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Talon vs Taliyah report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Talon's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Talon holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Talon's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Taliyah is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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