Joe Biden Talon [FULLY ANOTATED]

Author's notes

After over 500 matches on Talon and over 57% win rate these are the items IN ORDER that I think make this character insanely busted, if you can figure out what you're doing you can get to 100k+ damage in matches and hard carry your worm-like team! If you want to win on the Big Wesley T use this build.

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 7 items · (Left to Right)

   1. 1

      Opening Rounds

      Such a good item for talon, increased gun damage and spirit power, just does both things you need it to, pretty cool! Feels like the best first buy atm

   2. 2

      Extra Charge

      Because of the +7 spirit it gives to your arrow this is a good buy, allows you to sustain early in lane better as well!

   3. 3

      Mystic Burst

      Gotta have that spirit power!

   4. 4

2. 2Big Bosses of EG (Slang for Early Game)optional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Extra Regen

      The best early healing item right now, it's not conditional like healing rite which just makes it better!

   2. 2

      Healing Rite

      Only get if you're struggling healthwise (you're Talon you shouldn't be losing all your health in lane)

   3. 3

      Healbane

3. 3Mid game

   Game stage · 7 items · (Left to Right)

   1. 1

      Rapid Recharge

      Built from Extra Charge

      Before this would've been your 4.8k Spirit spike, but getting your bird on a low cool down early just allows you to scale better, besides you don't need all 4 arrows until you get t3 charge shot

   2. 2

      Long Range

      Allows you sustained gun pressure in the midgame, plus needed to proc Recharing Rush in 3 less shots

   3. 3

      Recharging Rush

4. 4The counter item familyoptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Metal Skin

      Really good right now, basically bullet resilience but you need to be more strategic about it

   2. 2

      Bullet Resilience

      For the Wardens, Venators, Hazes, Drifters, ETC of the world

   3. 3

      Spirit Resilience

      For the Celestes, Apollos, Yamatos, & Worms of the world

5. 5Late Game Core

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Burn

      Insanely good item on Talon, destroys enemies in late game

   2. 2

      Mystic Reverb

      A great late game buy, just makes your arrows even stronger!

   3. 3

      Transcendent Cooldown

      Built from Superior Cooldown

      Allows you to use Spirit Burn, Mystic Reverb, Recharging Rush, & Surge of Power even quicker

6. 6Late Game Optionalsoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

   1. 1

      Spellbreaker

      Just always a great buy for spirit heavy teams or even teams with 1 or 2 fed spirit characters

   2. 2

      Plated Armor

      Plated kinda sucks right now but it is good agaisnt select heroes (Infernus, Haze, etc)

7. 7Counter Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · Here they are!

   1. 1

      Dispel Magic

      To counter Mirage, Bebop, etc of the world

   2. 2

      Slowing Hex

      For your Minas and Apollos of the world

   3. 3

      Disarming Hex

      For your Venator and Haze needs

8. 8Bird/Snare Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Greater Expansion

      Increases bird and snare range

   2. 2

      Superior Duration

      Increases bird flight time for if you're having trouble reaching them, more importantly increases snare curse time

   3. 3

      Lightning Scroll

      Makes bird stun them, I really only buy this if going into a risky mid fight where it can easily be a game changer

9. 9I guess you can get these/Experimentialoptional

   Author's category · 7 items · (Anotations)

   1. 1

      Sharpshooter

      Built from Long Range

      I used to have this in early game but now i'm unsure of it's viability. Only requires 1 shot to proc RR and the move speed penalty is timmy tough, i'd say only buy if slotlocked mid game!

   2. 2

      Swift Striker

      I mean it's alright, move speed is pretty cool but the other gun items are better

   3. 3

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Charged ShotCharged Shot	Charged Shot: Ability unlocked, step 1	Charged Shot: 1 AP upgrade, step 21				Charged Shot: 2 AP upgrade, step 62				Charged Shot: 5 AP upgrade, step 10