How to win lane as Azir against Talon · 47.45% win rate over 746 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Talon | At level 1 Talon's Rake-Cutthroat combo already lets him vault walls from brush and burst Azir's low base HP before soldiers exist to punish him. |
| Level 2 | Talon | By level 2-3 the same wall-jump ambush pattern continues to threaten a one-shot window, since Azir still has no answer to being caught out of position. |
| Level 3 | Talon | Levels 4-5 remain his domain too — his combo resets and vanishes with the same ability, so Azir keeps playing purely defensive through this stretch. |
| Levels 4-5 | Talon | The assassination threat holds all the way to level 6 as well, since his damage output continues to outscale Azir's low-HP squishiness pre-item. |
| Level 6 | Talon | Noxian Diplomacy adds true-damage execute right at level 6, confirming kills on targets that would otherwise have escaped his burst. |
| First item | Talon | At first item Azir's extra HP and soldier presence finally start narrowing the assassination window, though Talon's damage is still meaningfully ahead here. |
| Two+ items | Azir | Once Azir's soldier wall and zone control come online late, they deny the isolation Talon's kit depends on, letting Azir finally win extended fights. |
Talon is built to murder exactly this matchup — his Rake-into-Cutthroat combo lets him vault walls from brush, burst your low base HP down in an instant, and vanish with the same skill before your soldiers can punish him, so from level 1 through level 6 you're playing purely defensive, warding constantly, and praying you don't get caught out even once since a single mistake often means a dead Azir.
The full Azir vs Talon report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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