Nocturne vs Senna
How to Beat Senna as Nocturne
based on 14,998 Nocturne vs Senna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Senna Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Senna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Senna as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Senna
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.
Nocturne vs Senna Counter Stats
How to Counter Senna with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Nocturne against Senna matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Senna’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Senna..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Senna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Senna
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Senna?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when taking on Senna, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter to Senna.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Senna, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Senna.
Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Senna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Senna matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Senna. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Senna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter Senna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually accumulates less CS as Senna. Champions 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Nocturne versus Senna build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Nocturne bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Senna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Senna with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Senna 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 rune combinations players picked for Nocturne vs Senna LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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