How to win lane as Ryze against Talon · 46.78% win rate over 1,599 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Talon | Talon's W Rake poke and Q dash threat bully you at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even before his full burst combo comes online. |
| Level 3 | Ryze | Level 3 Rune Prison roots his Q dash and lets you punish him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Even window: his all-in threat trades against your waveclear and root. |
| Level 6 | Talon | His level-6 R Shadow Assault and wall-hops make him a lethal roamer. |
| First item | Ryze | Your first mana item lets Q spam out-trade his non-scaling lethality. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Late game your pool and peel outscale his snowball assassin kit. |
Talon pressures the first levels with W Rake poke and the threat of his Q Noxian Diplomacy dash, which chunks you and lets him disengage. Play safe, stay at range behind the wave, and never let your HP dip low enough that his Q-W combo becomes a kill.
The full Ryze 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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