Nasus vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Nasus
based on 6,337 Nasus vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Nocturne
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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!
Nasus vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Nasus against Nocturne counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Nasus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nocturne. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Nasus or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nocturne, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Nocturne.
Additionally, Nasus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus usually accumulates much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Nasus versus Nocturne build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Nocturne than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Nocturne with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Nocturne as Nasus, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Nasus vs Nocturne counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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