Nocturne vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Nocturne
based on 2,632 Nocturne vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Nocturne vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Nocturne in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Nocturne against Kassadin matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kassadin..
Nocturne typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when taking on Kassadin, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes an ok counter to Kassadin.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Kassadin matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Kassadin build include Experimental Hexplate, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Kassadin than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Kassadin as Nocturne, Nocturne players should equip 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 Kassadin counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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