Nocturne vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Nocturne
based on 2,568 Nocturne vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Nocturne vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Nocturne in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Nocturne against Jayce matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jayce..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jayce. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Jayce
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Jayce?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Jayce, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Jayce.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Jayce.
Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This 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 Jayce 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a good counter for Jayce. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Jayce. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Nocturne versus Jayce build consist of Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Jayce than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Jayce as Nocturne, Nocturne players 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Nocturne vs Jayce battles, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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