Nocturne vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Nocturne
based on 9,387 Nocturne vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Nocturne vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Nocturne vs. Pantheon matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..
Nocturne typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Pantheon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter for Pantheon.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate than Pantheon, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Pantheon.
Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Pantheon matchups, Nocturne is the better champion 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 good counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne to counter Pantheon 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nocturne versus Pantheon build include Black Cleaver, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Pantheon than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 52.7% battling Pantheon with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Pantheon as Nocturne, Nocturne players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Nocturne vs Pantheon battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.
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