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How to Win Nocturne vs Kennen Counter MatchupNocturne is in the a tier of champions

Nocturne vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Nocturne in LoLNocturne is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Nocturne

based on 2,070 Nocturne vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our data, Nocturne faced off against Kennen in 2070 rounds. Using so many games with Nocturne vs Kennen gives us confidence in our capacity to produce informative data and a recommended build to shatter your opponent. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Nocturne fights Kennen in only 1.0% of his matches.

Nocturne vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Nocturne has done a good job of countering Kennen. Typically, he wins a whopping 53.1% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Nocturne against Kennen matches, Nocturne’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Nocturne vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Nocturne Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverExperimental HexplateEclipse

Optional Items

Guardian AngelProfane HydraMaw of MalmortiusAxiom Arc

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nocturne to level upq
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Second ability for Nocturne to level upe
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Last skill for Nocturne to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nocturne's passive ability p
Nocturne's q ability q
Nocturne's w ability w
Nocturne's e ability e
Nocturne's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Nocturne

Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Nocturne vs Kennen Counter Stats

Nocturne Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Kennen Image
7.2
< Kills >
6.4
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
7.8
< Assists >
6.4
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
34
< Minions Killed >
161
1.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.42
14,947
< Physical Damage >
2,096
1,263
< Magic Damage >
21,361
1,223
< True Damage >
667
17,433
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
35,925
< Damage Taken >
22,423
12,185
< Gold Earned >
11,508
1.31
< Towers >
1.96
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
16,642
< Total Healing >
2,989
13,920
< Experience >
14,654
22
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
9
533
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Counter Kennen with Nocturne in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Nocturne vs. Kennen counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between these two champions. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kennen..

Nocturne typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kennen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nocturne and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Nocturne
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nocturne
Kennen

Who is Better, Nocturne or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Kennen, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a great counter for Kennen.

While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Kennen, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Kennen.

Furthermore, Nocturne also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Kennen matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Nocturne is a great counter to Kennen. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Kennen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne

Nocturne Loses Against

LilliaLillia46.3% winrateTaricTaric47.6% winrateSingedSinged47.9% winrateRakanRakan48% winrate

Nocturne Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.9% winrateYuumiYuumi58.5% winrateHweiHwei56.3% winrateQiyanaQiyana55.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 55.3% 4956 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.5% 3254 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.9% 28252 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.2% 995 Games

Additional Information for Nocturne Players

How We Calculated Our Nocturne vs Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Nocturne, we analyzed 2,070 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kennen as Nocturne comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Nocturne Build Kennen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nocturne often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kennen. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Nocturne versus Kennen build include Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Kennen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 53.1% when countering Kennen with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Kennen as Nocturne, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Nocturne vs Kennen battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.1% winrate overall.

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