Nocturne vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Nocturne
based on 21,236 Nocturne vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Nocturne vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several influential Nocturne versus Caitlyn counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a great counter for Caitlyn.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Nocturne has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Caitlyn matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nocturne is a great counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nocturne versus Caitlyn build consist of Edge of Night, Eclipse, and Serylda's Grudge. When Nocturne combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Caitlyn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 53.8% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Caitlyn as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take 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 rune combinations players used for Nocturne vs Caitlyn LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.
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