Grey Talon

Grey Talon
Initial Stats
Weapon
"The Mourning Comes"
DPS	55
Bullet Damage	25
Ammo	18
Bullets per sec	2.22 (x0.006)
Reload Time	2.35 s
Bullet Velocity	495 m/s
Light Melee	63
Heavy Melee	116
Falloff Range	22m → 58m
Vitality
Health	550
Health Regen	2
Bullet Resist	0%
Spirit Resist	0%
Move Speed	6 (x0.04) m/s
Sprint Speed	0 m/s
Stamina	3
Power Increases
+1.8 Base Bullet Damage
+3.4 Base Melee Damage
+27 Base Health

“

Delivers long range skill-shots

A cunning predator, Grey Talon uses a combination of deadly accuracy, traps, and clever positioning to bring down the toughest of opponents.

Grey Talon is a clever, long-range combatant that uses his powerful bow in combination with traps and mystical flight to pin down and destroy his foes. With the ability to charge his arrow shot for powerful effect, Grey Talon can harry his foes at a distance before launching a guided Spirit Owl to finish them off.

A founder of the monster hunting organisation The Baxter Society, Grey Talon happily retired after 40 years of service to support his extended family. He was living well until he was alerted that that his son and step-daughter had died in a mysterious house fire. Now, he hunts the perpetrators of the arson, bow in hand.

Abilities

Charged Shot

1

4s

17s

Charge up a powerful shot that pierces through enemies. Hold 1 or to hold the shot.

x1.6

100

Damage

1

+1 Charges

2

+65 Damage

5

Improved damage scaling and -3s Charge Delay

x0.917

Rain of Arrows

7s

35s

Launches you high in the air, allowing you to glide slowly. While airborne, you gain Weapon Damage and multishot on your weapon.
Alt-Cast for reduced jump height.
Press Space to cancel the glide.

5

Weapon Multishot

4

Weapon Damage

1

-14s Cooldown

2

While airborne, +5 Weapon Damage and weapon damage applies 40% movement slow for 1.5s

5

While airborne, +50% Bullet Lifesteal and +50% Spirit Lifesteal

Immobilizing Trap

6m

37s

Throw out a trap that begins to arm itself. Once armed, the trap will trigger when an enemy enters its radius, immobilizing and then slowing them.

1.25s

Immobilize Duration

30

Damage

20s

Lifetime

1s  Slow Duration

2s  Arm Time

50%  Movement Slow

1

-19s Cooldown

2

+2s Slow Duration

5

Grey Talon deals +30% more Bullet Damage to enemies hit by Immobilizing Trap for 10s

Guided Owl

127s

After 1.5s cast time, launch a spirit owl that you control and which explodes on impact, damaging and stunning enemies. Hold to accelerate the owl.
Press Space to release control. Gain permanent Spirit Power for each enemy hero killed with Guided Owl.

x1.01

250

Damage

12m

Explosion Radius

5  Spirit Power Per Kill

1

+100 Damage

2

-47s Cooldown

5

After hit, kills enemies that are below 22% Health

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 22m - 58m 55 DPS
The Mourning Comes
Medium Range Heavy Hitter Projectile

Background

“

A founding member of "The Baxter Society", Wesley Grey Talon spent close to 40 years hunting monsters that preyed on man before finally deciding to find a replacement and lay down his bow. Grey Talon’s duties had meant that he never spent much time with his wife and kid, and now that his son had started a family of his own he realized that this was his last chance to reconnect with the people he loved.

Retirement suited Wesley. He made up for lost time with his wife. He doted on his grandkids. He cooked dinner for the whole family every Wednesday. He was happy.

Then he got the call.

The authorities claimed that it was a freak accident... that the fire consumed his son’s house before anyone got a chance to escape. But Wesley knew better. His son’s wife was Ixian... she could snuff out flame with a thought. If their bodies were found burned they had to be dead long before there was a fire.

And so Grey Talon has picked up his bow once more, and when he finds who’s responsible there will be a bloody reckoning.

— A FATE'S TALE

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
September 26, 2024	Replaced a Grey Talon select line to make his intentions more clear. Arrow cycle time reduced from 0.4s to 0.45s (overall dps unchanged). Rain of Arrows can be alternate-casted to remain near the ground. Fixed air dash during Rain of Arrows going half the distance. Guided Owl bonus spirit on death now has a 3s buffer window. Guided Owl: very slight turn rate improvements. Guided Owl radius increased from 12m to 13m.
September 17, 2024	Fixed Grey Talon's Charged Shot and Vindicta's Assassinate cameras not working properly.
September 12, 2024	Updated Wraith, Grey Talon, and Infernus VO. Fixed issues with Charged Shot hitting targets behind walls. Fixed Guided Owl doing damage through buildings. Rain of Arrows Weapon Damage reduced from +7 to +4. Rain of Arrows T2 Weapon Damage reduced from +7 to +5. Bullet damage growth per boon increased from +1.46 to +1.8. Guided Owl cooldown increased from 110s to 120s.

Trivia

• Grey Talon's current design is temporary and is based on a model from when the game was still called Neon Prime.
• Grey Talon during Deadlock Pre-Alpha (Neon Prime) was named Orion.
• Grey Talon and Seven are currently the only heroes whose Move Speed is directly affected by Spirit Power.
• Grey Talon and Warden are currently the only heroes whose Bullets per sec is directly affected by Spirit Power.
• Grey Talon is voiced by Robbie Daymond, who is known for voiceworks in many popular media (e.g. Kayn in League of Legends, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, River Ward in Cyberpunk 2077, etc.)