Kassadin vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Kassadin
based on 2,632 Kassadin vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Nocturne
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Kassadin vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Kassadin versus Nocturne matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Kassadin often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when playing against Nocturne, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Kassadin does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Nocturneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average gets much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Nocturne build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Nocturne than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Nocturne as Kassadin, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Nocturne fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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