Nocturne vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Nocturne
based on 7,631 Nocturne vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Nocturne vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Nocturne versus Blitzcrank counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Nocturne often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Blitzcrank?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes a good counter to Blitzcrank.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate than Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Nocturne also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Blitzcrank matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Blitzcrank build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Blitzcrank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Blitzcrank as Nocturne, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nocturne vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
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