Kayn vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Kayn
based on 10,507 Kayn vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Nocturne
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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!
Kayn vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Kayn against Nocturne counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..
Kayn typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Kayn or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kayn into Nocturneas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kayn is a terribly counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kayn versus Nocturne build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Nocturne than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 46.7% battling Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Nocturne as Kayn, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kayn vs Nocturne counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.
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