Nocturne vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Nocturne
based on 6,201 Nocturne vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Nocturne vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Nocturne in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Nocturne versus Kayle matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayle..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kayle. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Kayle
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayle, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Kayle.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Kayle, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Kayle.
Moreover, Nocturne also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Kayle matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Kayle. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Kayle during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne most often gets a lot less CS relative to Kayle. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Kayle build include Experimental Hexplate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Kayle than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average winrate of 50.8% battling Kayle with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kayle as Nocturne, you should equip 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 Kayle fights, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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