Orianna vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Orianna
based on 2,741 Orianna vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Nocturne
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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!
Orianna vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Orianna vs. Nocturne matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Orianna normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Orianna and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Orianna or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a bad counter to Nocturne.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Nocturneas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Orianna is a garbage counter to Nocturne. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Nocturne during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually accumulates much more CS as Nocturne. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Orianna versus Nocturne build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Nocturne than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 46.2% when countering Nocturne with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Nocturne as Orianna, Orianna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Orianna vs Nocturne clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% winrate overall.
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