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Ryze vs Nocturne

How to Beat Nocturne as Ryze in LoLRyze is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nocturne as Ryze

based on 1,891 Ryze vs Nocturne matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
5.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Ryze did battle with Nocturne 1891 times. Having so many matchups for Ryze versus Nocturne gives us a lot of faith in our ability to produce useful stats and a pro build to defeat your opponent. This pairing is relatively uncommon. Ryze encounters Nocturne in only 5.5% of his matches.

Ryze vs Nocturne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze has done a terrible job of beating Nocturne. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Ryze vs Nocturne rounds, Ryze’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Nocturne.

Best Ryze vs Nocturne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSapphire Crystal

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceFrozen HeartRod of Ages

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
>
Second ability for Ryze to level upe
>
Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Ryze

Tips for Playing as Ryze against Nocturne

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

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!

Ryze vs Nocturne Counter Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Nocturne Image
5.8
< Kills >
7.6
5.9
< Deaths >
6
6.3
< Assists >
7.9
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
188
< Minions Killed >
33
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.58
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,037
< Physical Damage >
16,437
21,510
< Magic Damage >
1,311
302
< True Damage >
1,296
22,850
< Damage Dealt >
19,046
26,543
< Damage Taken >
35,355
11,937
< Gold Earned >
12,264
2.11
< Towers >
1.38
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
4,201
< Total Healing >
16,889
15,868
< Experience >
13,966
19
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
96
< Time Dealing CC >
541

How to Counter Nocturne with Ryze in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several strategic Ryze vs. Nocturne counter stats that may help you understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..

Ryze normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ryze and Nocturne

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Nocturne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ryze
Nocturne

Who is Better, Ryze or Nocturne?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ryze usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Ryze makes a poor counter to Nocturne.

While Ryze does have a lower win rate than Nocturne, when facing one another, Ryze also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Ryze into Nocturneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze 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 teammates during team fights.

Ryze is a garbage counter for Nocturne. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Nocturne.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze vs Nocturne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nocturne as Ryze, we analyzed 1,891 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nocturne as Ryze comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ryze in order to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ryze usually racks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Ryze versus Nocturne build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Frozen Heart, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Nocturne than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when countering Nocturne with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Nocturne as Ryze, Ryze players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ryze vs Nocturne counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.

If you want to see Ryze x Nocturne tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using all rounds run with both champions.