Nocturne vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Nocturne
based on 3,084 Nocturne vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Nocturne vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Nocturne versus Lulu counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lulu. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Nocturne often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Lulu. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Lulu
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Lulu?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Lulu, with a 55.2% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a fantastic counter for Lulu.
While Nocturne does have a much higher win rate than Lulu, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Lulu.
Additionally, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lulu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Lulu matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nocturne is a great counter to Lulu. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Lulu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lulu. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Lulu build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Lulu than with most other common builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 55.2% battling Lulu with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Lulu as Nocturne, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nocturne vs Lulu counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.2% win rate overall.
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