Samira vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Samira
based on 9,672 Samira vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Samira
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!
Samira vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Samira in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Samira vs. Nocturne counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..
Samira usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Samira and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Samira or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when facing off against Nocturne, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a poor counter to Nocturne.
While Samira does have a lower winrate than Nocturne, when facing one another, Samira also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Nocturne.
Additionally, Samira also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Samira against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Samira to counter Nocturne during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira most often racks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Samira versus Nocturne build include Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Nocturne than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Nocturne with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Nocturne as Samira, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Samira vs Nocturne counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
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