Nocturne vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Nocturne
based on 2,670 Nocturne vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Karthus
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 Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Nocturne vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Nocturne versus Karthus counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Karthus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Karthus
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Karthus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Karthus, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter for Karthus.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Karthus.
Furthermore, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Karthus 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is an above average counter for Karthus. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually gets less CS as Karthus. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Karthus build consist of Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Karthus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average winrate of 52.7% when countering Karthus with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Karthus as Nocturne, you 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Nocturne vs Karthus face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.
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