Nocturne vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Nocturne
based on 7,159 Nocturne vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Nocturne vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Nocturne against Darius matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Darius’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..
Nocturne often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Darius. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Darius
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Darius?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Darius, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Darius.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Darius.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Darius matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nocturne is an above average counter to Darius. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Darius. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Darius build include Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Darius than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average winrate of 52.9% battling Darius with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Darius as Nocturne, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Nocturne vs Darius face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.9% win rate overall.
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