Nocturne vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Nocturne
based on 3,381 Nocturne vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Alistar
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Nocturne vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Nocturne versus Alistar counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Alistar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Nocturne usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Alistar
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when taking on Alistar, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter for Alistar.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Alistar.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Alistar matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Alistar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Alistar build include Edge of Night, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Alistar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Alistar as Nocturne, Nocturne players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Nocturne vs Alistar counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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