Nocturne vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Nocturne
based on 4,621 Nocturne vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Nocturne vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Nocturne vs. Syndra counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Syndra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Syndra..
Nocturne usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Syndra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Syndra
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Syndra?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Syndra, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes a great counter for Syndra.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Syndra.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This 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 Syndra 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 teammates during teamfights.
Nocturne is a great counter to Syndra. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter Syndra during both the early game 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 here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Syndra. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Syndra build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Syndra than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when countering Syndra with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Syndra as Nocturne, Nocturne players 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 builds players picked for Nocturne vs Syndra counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.
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