Grey Talon build guide

BOOM BOOM GT - Codeman

by CodemanVersion 10Updated Sep 4, 2026Guide #673990

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Author's notes

Abuse rain of arrows and gun spike to crush lane. Use 1 to proc mystic burst. Stack CD and burst to get ult stacks.

Item categories

1L->R Laning/Early - Buy Vest or Emblem
Author's category · 9 items
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  Insane lane item on talon. Makes harassment easier with rain of arrows.
3. 3
  Mystic Burst
  Only use charged shot to proc this in lane.
4. 4
  Sharpshooter
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  Can buy earlier instead of mystic and opening, but recommend getting all gun if slots allow. Great even without stacks.
5. 5
  Enchanter's Emblem
  Insanely good stats for talon. Lets him bird more often.
6. 6
  Compress Cooldown
7. 7
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
  Hits your spirit spike and gives you a lot more burst for bird to secure more stacks
8. 8
  Mystic Shot
  Can buy later. Must get after spirit spike no matter what. Deals 150 dmg with just spike.
9. 9
  Extra Stamina
  Can skip until you want stamina mastery, amazing with rain of arrows
2TCoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
2. 2
  Alchemical Fire
  great for urn fight, can get it for 8k spike or instead of swift striker
3Laning/Earlyoptional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
  This item is amazing in heavy trade lanes if you make sure to hit a hero every time its off CD
2. 2
  Rebuttal
  Get for punch bois
3. 3
  Healing Rite
4. 4
4Best Defensivesoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Metal Skin
  Buy vs all in gun damage heroes like venator, vyper, drifter, haze.
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  Buy vs heavy DoT heroes like shiv, infernus or if you are getting griefed by CC
3. 3
  Counterspell
  Buy vs big ults that wreck you hard like drifter and lash.
5Mid Game/Late - No exact order to 3200s, prio depending on game situation.
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  Cooldown is big to allow more uses of bird and rain of arrows.
2. 2
  Stamina Mastery
  Built from Extra Stamina
  Buy this early if you are struggling with heroes diving you.
3. 3
6More Damage? Gun will do a lot more damage than buying more spirit items
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Spiritual Overflow
  This item is fantastic, it even buffs the duration on trap
2. 2
  Spellslinger
  Damage efficient item
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
  Universal problem solver
7I dont want to die
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Indomitable
  Built from Reactive Barrier
  Get for powerful single target CCs like mo and krill and holliday
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
  This is a spirit damage free household
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
  Yamato is a fucking chud and I hate her.
8Double Trap CC
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Superior Duration
2. 2
  Echo Shard
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  You can get this if slot starved and have some kind of item that benefits from lower CD.
9Good Optionalsoptional
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Trophy Collector
  Buy This Item If Lane Went Well. Get it around compress cooldown.
2. 2
  Healbane
3. 3
  Swift Striker
  Gun spike, gives you massive damage.
4. 4
10IDK
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Slowing Bullets
2. 2
  Recharging Rush
3. 3
  Silencer
4. 4

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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 3								Charged Shot: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Charged Shot: 2 AP upgrade, step 12