Nocturne vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Nocturne
based on 5,243 Nocturne vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Nocturne vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Nocturne against Galio matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Galio..
Nocturne usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Galio. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Galio
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Galio?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Galio, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes a good counter to Galio.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Galio, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Galio.
Furthermore, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Galio 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 for Galio. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne often gets a lot less CS as Galio. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Galio build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Galio than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 52.0% when playing against Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Galio 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nocturne vs Galio matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Galio as Nocturne are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.