Nocturne vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Nocturne
based on 2,175 Nocturne vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Nocturne vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Nocturne against Taliyah matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taliyah..
Nocturne usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Taliyah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Taliyah?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when playing against Taliyah, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes an ok counter to Taliyah.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Taliyah.
Additionally, Nocturne also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Taliyah matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Taliyah 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 presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nocturne versus Taliyah build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Taliyah with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Taliyah 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. Out of all the runes players chose for Nocturne vs Taliyah face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.
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