Olaf vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Olaf
based on 1,958 Olaf vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Nocturne
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Advice to Win Against Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Olaf vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Olaf in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Olaf vs. Nocturne matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Olaf typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Olaf and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Olaf or Nocturne?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Olaf usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Olaf makes a bad counter for Nocturne.
While Olaf does have a lower winrate than Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Olaf also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Olaf into Nocturne.
Additionally, Olaf also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Olaf is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf most often racks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who typically 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Olaf versus Nocturne build include Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Olaf combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Nocturne than with many other common item sets. In fact, Olaf had an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Nocturne with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Nocturne as Olaf, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Olaf vs Nocturne fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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