Talus

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**Talus** ▶️ is a Flank Champion in Paladins, added on September 20th, 2017.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio
* Old Official Bio

This is Talus' official bio currently found in his champion page in-game.

Talus might still be young and overly-optimistic, but he's got big plans. After almost losing his family to an angry mob who refused to accept the otherworldly Ska'drin as neighbors, he set out on a quest for knowledge.

From the shores of an abandoned island paradise to the darkened corridors of the Deepwerks, he found his answers — and a weapon — in the research papers of Torvald. Unlocking his inborn aptitude right when the Resistance rose up to oppose the Magistrate, he joined them eager to put his newfound abilities to work and prove that the Ska'drin deserve a place in the Realm. Now, he acts as the face of a new movement: one that looks to ensure the prosperity of his people. Let's see where this guy can go!

This is an unofficial version of Talus' bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding him. Sources can be found here.

While most Ska'drin hide away in fear, the young Talus has other plans, proudly presenting his ska'drin heritage, believing if people simply get to know him, they'll see the ska'drins aren't worth hating. As part of this plan, Talus set out on a quest for knowledge, from abandoned island paradises to the Deepwerks facility where he stole Torvald's research, from which he learned some of the history and magic of his people. When the Crystal War broke out, Talus joined the Resistance, hoping to prove the ska'drin deserve a place in the Realm.

Following House Aico gaining leadership of the Magistrate, Talus joined Zhin's New Resistance.

According to Atlas, in the Lost Future, Talus would end up dying at some point.

This was Talus' in-game bio prior to the The Damned Frontier update. It's no longer considered canon.

Talus might still be young and overly optimistic, but he's got big plans. After almost losing his family to an angry mob that refused to accept the otherworldly Ska'drin as neighbors, he set out on a quest for knowledge. From the shores of an abandoned island paradise to the darkened corridors of the Deepwerks, he uncovered forgotten truths as well as unlocking his inborn aptitude. When the Paladins rose up to oppose the Magistrate, he joined them, eager to put his newfound abilities to work and prove that the Ska'drin deserve a place in the Realm.

## Summary

Talus is a flank champion with an interesting playstyle. This consists of shuffling up the backline of the opponent team and teleporting back to safety shortly before it becomes dangerous. The Flanker has a weapon that is particularly effective at short and medium range. Talus' skill set is unique and above all his ultimate skill is an interesting mix of revelation, teleportation and punch with a recoil.

## Skills

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Veracharger

110 /0.095s

Description
A fast-firing weapon for short-range engagements that deals 110 damage every 0.095s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionA fast-firing weapon that deals 110 damage every 0.095s. This weapon has a maximum Ammo count of 35 and is fully effective up to 45 units.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* It can do headshots - dealing 165 damage.
* Has a reload time of 1.5s and can be animation canceled after 1s.
* Has damage falloff with a maximum reduction of ~75%.
* Has accuracy bloom.
* Gains 0.58% ultimate charge per attack. Gains 0.87% on headshots.

Ability Video

Cooldown 10

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Blitz Upper

600

Description
Charge forward to deal 600 damage and knock enemies straight back.

Details

Detailed DescriptionCharge forward, damaging an enemy for 600 and applying Knockback straight back. Has a range of 40 units.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Has a Pre-fire time of 0.3s.
* Generates 3.15% of ultimate charge on hit.
* Can't be affected by Knockbacks for the duration.
* Much like Maeve's Pounce, this ability can go through shields and some protective abilities like Zhin's Counter and Androxus's Reversal.

Ability Video

Cooldown 10

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Overcharge

110 /0.07125s

Description
Overcharge your weapon to enhance its attack speed by 25% and consume no ammo.

Details

Detailed DescriptionOvercharge your weapon, increasing your Attack Speed by 25% and causing weapon shots to not consume Ammo. This effect lasts 3s.

Ability Video

Cooldown 15

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Rune of Travel

500

Description
Inscribe a rune on the ground that can be used to escape back to its location after 10s and heal you for 500. You can reactivate the rune to teleport sooner.

Details

Detailed DescriptionInscribe a Rune on the ground that can be used to Teleport back to its location after 10s or reactivation of the ability. Teleporting Cleanses all effects and Heals you for 500.
* Won't go into cooldown until the skill ends.
* Cleanses all Status Effects.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

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True Power

600

Description
Teleport directly to an unsuspecting enemy, dealing 600 damage and knocking them back.

Details

Detailed DescriptionAfter a brief charge-up, target an enemy and Teleport directly to them from anywhere, dealing 600 damage and applying Knockback. Time taken to Teleport depends on your distance from the targeted enemy.▶️ “Ahhhhh... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” (Self/Enemy)

▶️ “This is my birthright!” (Ally)

* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* Has a charge-up time of 2s.
* Talus is not affected by gravity during charge-up.
* Can't target enemies who are inside their spawn room, or immune to Crowd Control effects.
* Activating the skill only consumes 30% of ultimate charge. The remaining 70% is consumed on a successful teleport.
* Pauses the timers of Overcharge and Rune of Travel if they are active during the charge-up and travel time.
* Deals 5 damage when target is selected, but before Talus travels to them.
	+ If target has 5 health or less, ultimate will consume the activational 30% of charge, but will be cancelled without any other effect.

Ability Video

## Talents

Inner StrengthDefault Talent

Reduce the Cooldown of Overcharge and Blitz Upper by 6s when you Teleport using Rune of Travel.

Faustian BargainUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

Rune of Travel no longer automatically activates, and if the Rune is not used the Cooldown is reset.

Nothing PersonalUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

Increase your Ultimate charge rate by 15% and enemies at or below 65% Health are Revealed to you.

Details

* Does not reveal stealthed targets.

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Talus:

## Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Talus's pre-built loadouts:

* Inner Strength
* Faustian Bargain
* Nothing Personal

Inner Strength

Eternal

Increase the duration of Rune of Travel by 1s.
1

Guts

Reduce your damage taken by 20% while at or below 40% Health.
4

Primeval Might

Gain 20% Lifesteal while Overcharge is active.
4

Revitalize

Heal for 200 after Teleporting to your Rune of Travel.
2

Spirited

Increase your maximum Health by 200.
4

Faustian Bargain

Eternal

Increase the duration of Rune of Travel by 4s.
4

Evanescent

Increase your Movement Speed by 40% while Rune of Travel is active.
5

Perseverance

Gain 30% Lifesteal while at or below 40% Health.
3

Primeval Might

Gain 10% Lifesteal while Overcharge is active.
2

Reclamation

Reduce the Cooldown of Overcharge by 0.5s.
1

Nothing Personal

Antediluvian

Increase the duration of Overcharge by 0.4s.
2

Dark Vision

Generate 12% Ultimate charge after hitting an enemy with Blitz Upper.
4

Last Remnant

Increase your maximum Ammo by 8.
2

Primeval Might

Gain 20% Lifesteal while Overcharge is active.
4

Transient

Reduce the Cooldown of Rune of Travel by 3s.
3

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Talus:

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* Default
* Geist
* Oni
* Trick or Treat
* Wukong
* Monkey-King
* Golden

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### Emotes

* Default
* Home Run
* Hiya
* Nimbus

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### MVP Poses

* Default
* A Better Tomorrow
* Trickster

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* Lore
* Cameos
* References
* Concepts
* Other

**Lore**

* Talus' openness about being a Ska'drin is a rarity.
* Talus learned a lot about the history and magic of the Ska'drin during his time at Deepwerks via Torvald's research.
	+ Though this was less Torvald teaching Talus and more Talus stealing Torvald's research, or in Talus' eyes, stealing it back. Talus isn't fond of Torvald's research in general because he's not doing it for the good of the ska'drin, but rather for the sake of science and learning how to use it. Despite this, Torvald isn't intentionally evil or selfish about it.
* The topic of Talus' age is surprisingly unnecessarily convoluted. Initially, it was said during Talus' reveal that he's a young kid, which is clearly backed up by his appearance and personality. Years later, however, one of the developers was asked about Maeve's age, to which it was said that all playable characters are of adult age. This same event with the same developer later on, where it was said that every "human / near human" is of adult age, which logically would include Talus as well; despite the confusion these events caused, the developer never specified further for any other characters such as Talus. Later still, a different developer backed up these answers and did clarify on a few of the more confusing champions, which included Talus, saying that Talus is apparently supposed to be an adult, despite the initial statement and Talus' appearance / personality, especially compared to other ska'drin such as Mal'Damba and Vatu.
* The mark that appears when Vatu uses his Ambush ability appears to be a combination of the marks that appear when Talus uses Rune of Travel, as well as his ultimate True Power.
* A unique mark also appears when Vatu his Dash ability, and as part of his ultimate that somewhat resembles the mark that appears when Talus uses Rune of Travel.
	+ This mark also used to appear when Vatu used his default emote, but this was eventually removed.
* When Corvus uses Projection, the indicator showing where he'll teleport to features the same symbol that appears when Talus uses Rune of Travel.
* Talus supposedly has two of his in-game weapon, though it's not known if this was an error.
* Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Talus would be around 4'9 or 149cm tall.

**Cameos**

Talus appears in the following content:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ *A Conflict Reignited* - Cinematic
	+ *Emergence* - Cinematic
	+ *Terminus' Teaser Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ *Light of Dawn* - Furia Card

* **Avatars**
	+ *New Year's Celebration*\*

* **Other**
	+ *End Times Story*

Notable Characters that appear in Talus' own content includes:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ Barik, Fernando, Drogoz, Lex, Tyra, and Viktor - *Talus' Teaser Trailer*\*

* **Cards**
	+ Makoa - *Antediluvian* and *Relic Affinity*\*

**References**

* The "Nimbus" emote is likely in reference the cloud Sun Wukong uses as his preferred mode of transport from Journey to the West.
* Talus references Lex's ultimate, which has become a meme in the Paladins community, during his teaser trailer.
* Soon after in the same trailer, Talus asks Barik if he's ever tried shawarma; in reference to the after-credits scene in the 2012 Avengers film.
* The talent "Faustian Bargain" is a reference to a term of the same name, which originates from an old German legend about a man named Faust who made a pact with the devil after growing dissatisfied with his life.

**Concepts**

* In the blog post regarding the removal of the 'Parts and Pieces' skin system, various concepts were shown off to showcase what new types of skins could be created with the new system. Among these concepts was a Talus skin, seemingly themed after the Abyss, though the style does also bear resemblance to the Darkness as well.

**Other**

* Oddly, Talus' horns are absent in the A Conflict Reignited lore cinematic.
* Talus calls Barik "Mr. B" in his teaser trailer, yet doesn't in-game.
* Prior to lip syncing becoming more common from Octavia's teaser trailer onward, Talus is one of the only champions to ever speak with their mouth visibly moving. He shares this trait with Ash, Imani, Tiberius, and Vivian.
* The mark that appears when Talus uses Rune of Travel also appears when Ska'drin and Scorned Ash use Shoulder Bash.
	+ The mark that appears when Talus uses his ultimate also appears when these skins use their ultimate.
* A somewhat unique mark used to appear when Talus used Blitz Upper.
* Talus' codename was "Demon".<ref.File:Champion Code Names.png</ref>
* In older versions of Paladins, there used to be a number of additional recolors of default champions. For Talus, these recolors included the Moonstone skin.

**Champion Skins**

* **Geist**
	+ A geist is a type of ghost or spirit.

* **Oni**
	+ This skin is based on creatures from Japanese folklore by the same name.
	+ Prior to the removal of the Parts and Pieces system, this skin's mask could be removed, revealing a unique face texture; however, with the removal of the system, this face texture could no longer be seen.
	+ This skin had several unused splash art concepts prior to the final composition being settled on.
	+ This skin's splash art appears as a spray.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Soul Eater Jenos, Soulweaver Lian, Death Mage Lian, Aka Oni Tiberius, Aoi Oni Tiberius, and Bloody Bakemono Koga.

* **Trick or Treat**
	+ The kill taunt against Fernando "Is that an Ares cosplay?" (▶️) references Fernando's God of War skin.
	+ This skin appears in the Hallowed Talus avatar.
	+ This skin shares its theme with Pumpking Bomb King and Bewitching Evie.

* **Wukong / Monkey-King**
	+ These skins are based and named after the Chinese God Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King.
	+ The line "YOU DARE TO CHALLENGE ME?" (▶️) might be a reference to Makoa's ultimate voice line "*You challenge Makoa?!*".
	+ Soul Briar Grover is present in these skins' splash art.
	+ The Wukong skin appears in the Mischievous and Wukong avatars.
	+ These skins were designed by arty\_SNAPS for the Community Battle Pass.
		- This makes them some of the few skins to have been designed by a community member, sharing this trait with Ska'drin Ash, Soul Briar Grover, Dark Monarch Lian, Sweet Shop Evie, and the respective recolors of the former three.
	+ These skins were part of the Community Battle Pass alongside Ska'drin Ash, Scorned Ash, Soul Briar Grover, Seeping Corruption Grover, Dark Monarch Lian, and Death-Goddess Lian.

## Changelog

➤ October 12th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.6.4848.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the location of the hitbox of Talus’ Blitz Upper ability was being influenced by the Talus player’s movement inputs during the ability.

➤ August 17th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.5.4747.1
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the cloud in Talus’ Nimbus Emote could disappear after a certain amount of time.

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Talus’ Monkey King and Wukong skins were using each other’s Loading Screen splash arts.

➤ March 23rd, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.2.4520.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Talus’ Rune of Travel ability could allow him to manually reactivate it to teleport back to its location while being pulled by Khan’s Ultimate, Overpower.

➤ January 26th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.1.4424.0
* Talents
	+ **Inner Strength**
		- **Current**: Reset the Cooldown of Overcharge and Blitz Upper when you Teleport using Rune of Travel.
		- **New**: Reduce the Cooldown of Overcharge and Blitz Upper by 6s when you Teleport using Rune of Travel.

➤ October 28th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.5.3881.0
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Talus could reactivate Rune of Travel to manually teleport back to his Rune while he was Silenced.

➤ July 29th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.4.3767.9
* Abilities
	+ **Veracharger**
		- Increased Rate of Fire by 10/s ➞ 11/s
	+ **Overcharge**
		- Reduced effectiveness of added Rate of Fire 33% ➞ 25%
* Cards
	+ Guts
		- Reduce your damage taken by 6|6% while at or below 40% Health.
		- Decreased effectiveness of damage reduction 6|6% ➞ 5|5%
	+ Primeval Might
		- Gain 8|8% Lifesteal while Overcharge is active.
		- Reduced Lifesteal gain 8|8% ➞ 5|5%
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Blitz Upper could send a Player in a direction other than the intended direction.
	+ Updated Overcharge’s description with the new Attack Speed increase values.

➤ April 29th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.3.3657.3
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Inner Strength talent would not properly activate if Talus teleported to his Rune of Travel while affected by any of several different Crowd Control effects.

➤ March 4th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.2.3587.5
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Trick or Treat’s Surprise weapon would not play audio for Weapon Fire.

➤ January 8th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.1.3487.7
* Cards
	+ **Dark Vision**
		- Now grants Ultimate charge from hitting enemies, instead of killing.
		- Reduced Ultimate charge gained {5|5}% ➞ {3|3}%
	+ **Relic Affinity**
		- OLD: Generate {4|4} Ammo for each enemy hit with Blitz Upper
		- NEW: Increase the Knockback of Blitz Upper by {15|15}%
	+ **Spirited**
		- OLD: Increase your Reload Speed by {8|8}%.
		- NEW: Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Blitz Upper’s range is extended at certain ranges.
	+ Fixed an issue where Talus’ Ultimate animation would get temporarily get stuck in 1P if Talus did not hit an enemy with it.
	+ Fixed an issue where Trick or Treat Talus’ costume eyes were missing their pupils, making the skin seem creepy instead of amusing.
	+ Fixed a description error with the Dark Vision card.

➤ January 16th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.1.3013.12
* Talents
	+ Raging Demon removed
	+ Inner Strength damage reduction removed
	+ Inner Strength is now the default Talent

* Cards
	+ Antediluvian – NEW: Increase the duration of Overcharge by {0.2|0.2}s
	+ Dark Vision – NEW: Kills with Blitz Upper grant {5|5}% Ultimate charge

➤ September 27th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.6.2869.1
* Veracharger
	+ Increased the range before damage falloff begins.
* Abilities
	+ True Power
		- Decreased Ultimate knockback strength by 44%

➤ June 26th, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.2.2677.4
* Abilities
	+ **Blitz Upper**
		- Slightly increased radius

➤ March 28th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.68.2559
* **Dark Vision** (Card):
	+ Now reveals Stealth.
	+ Reveals to Self only.
	+ Removed Reveal VFX.
* **General**
	+ Decreased Health from 2000 to 1900
* **Blitz Upper**
	+ Will now only affect a single enemy and require you to hit your victim directly.
	+ Reduced damage collision radius while dashing by 20%.
* **Talents**
	+ **Faustian Bargain**
		- No longer lowers the cooldown of Rune of Travel.
* **Cards**
	+ **Ancient Power**
		- Hitting an enemy while Overcharge is active reduces the cooldown of Blitz Upper by {0.25|0.25}s.
		- Reduced internal cooldown from 2s to 1s.
	+ **Antediluvian**
		- Enemies hit by Overcharge receive {15|15}% reduced healing for 2s ➞ 3s.
	+ **Daredevil**
		- Activating Blitz Upper heals you for {50|50} ➞ {70|70} Health.
	+ **Guts**
		- Take {8|8}% ➞ {6|6}% less damage when below 40% health.
	+ **Spirited**
		- Gain {5|5}% ➞ {8|8}% Reload Speed.
	+ **Transient**
		- The duration of Rune of Travel is reduced by {.25|.25}s.
		- NEW EFFECT: Reduce the cooldown of Rune of Travel by {1|1}s.

➤ February 21st, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.66.2496
* **Blitz Upper**
	+ Increased Cooldown from 8s to 10s.
* **Overcharge**
	+ Increased Cooldown from 8s to 10s.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Raging Demon**
		- Fixed a bug with Talus's Raging Demon legendary where the duration increase was longer than intended.

➤ December 18th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2312
* **Cards**
	+ **Antediluvian**
		- [Overcharge] Enemies hit by Overcharge receive {7.5|7.5}% reduced healing for 2s.
		- Maximum rank Healing Reduction reduced from 80% to 75%.
	+ **Reclamation**
		- Reworked.
		- [Overcharge] Reduce the Cooldown of Overcharge by {.25|.25}s.
	+ **Transient**
		- [Rune of Travel] The duration of Rune of Travel is reduced by {.25|.25}s.
		- Maximum rank Cooldown Reduction reduced from 4s to 2.5s.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Inner Strength**
		- [Rune of Travel] Rune of Travel now resets the Cooldown of Overcharge and Blitz Upper when it activates and grants you {17|1}% damage reduction for 4s.
		- Now grants damage reduction.
	+ **Nothing Personal**
		- New.
		- [True Power] Targets below 65% Health are now revealed, and your Ultimate charge rate is increased by {12.75|.75}%.

➤ November 15th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.63.2252.2
* **Overcharge**
	+ No longer consumes ammo.
	+ Duration reduced from 4 to 3.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Raging Demon**
		- Reworked.
		- Now increases the duration of Overcharge by 33%.

➤ October 18th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.61.2189
* **Blitz Upper**
	+ Pre-fire time increased from 0.2s to 0.3s.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Faustian Bargain**
		- Now also reduces the base cooldown of Rune of Travel.

➤ October 4th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.60.2150
* **Veracharger**
	+ Damage increased from 95 to 110.
* **Rune of Travel**
	+ Now heals Talus for 500 health.
* **True Power**
	+ Added extra battlecry line to Talus Ultimate.
* **Cards**
	+ **Revitalize**
		- Healing reduced from 200/400/600/800 to 100/200/300/400.

➤ September 20th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.59.2111.2
* Talus was added to the game.

## Removed Content

* Talus/Removed Content

1. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
2. ↑ File:Talus and Torvald.png
3. ↑ File:Torvald Info.png
4. ↑ Patch Preview Open Beta 59, YouTube
5. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
6. ↑ ThunderBrush on Twitter
7. ↑ File:Young Character Ages.png
8. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Talus' Teaser Trailer, YouTube
10. ↑ Patch Preview Open Beta 59, YouTube
11. ↑ Justice Wong on ArtStation
12. ↑ PaladinsGame on Twitter