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How to Win Seraphine vs Nocturne Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Nocturne

How to Beat Nocturne as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nocturne as Seraphine

based on 9,426 Seraphine vs Nocturne matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
5.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Nocturne as Seraphine resulted from an analysis of 9426 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This particular champ pairing is relatively uncommon. Seraphine fights Nocturne in only 5.3% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Nocturne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Seraphine does a below average job of countering Nocturne. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Seraphine versus Nocturne games, Seraphine’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Nocturne.

Best Seraphine vs Nocturne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessLost Chapter

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionRedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Seraphine

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!

Seraphine vs Nocturne Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Nocturne Image
3.2
< Kills >
7.3
5.8
< Deaths >
6
12
< Assists >
7.3
0.7
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
96
< Minions Killed >
33
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.58
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,381
< Physical Damage >
15,215
12,139
< Magic Damage >
1,225
506
< True Damage >
1,178
14,027
< Damage Dealt >
17,619
17,168
< Damage Taken >
35,015
9,793
< Gold Earned >
12,071
2.16
< Towers >
1.27
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
3,777
< Total Healing >
16,709
11,734
< Experience >
13,735
41
< Vision Score >
21
19
< Wards Placed >
6
247
< Time Dealing CC >
530

How to Counter Nocturne with Seraphine in LoL

The stats shown here show some vital Seraphine vs. Nocturne matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, showing that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Seraphine often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Seraphine and Nocturne

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Nocturne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Nocturne

Who is Better, Seraphine or Nocturne?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually loses when trying to fight Nocturne, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Seraphine makes a bad counter for Nocturne.

While Seraphine does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Seraphine also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Seraphine into Nocturne.

Additionally, Seraphine also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Seraphine is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Seraphine against Nocturne.

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Nocturne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nocturne as Seraphine, we analyzed 9,426 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 Seraphine 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

To truly master Seraphine to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine usually picks up more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Seraphine versus Nocturne build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Seraphine combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Nocturne than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Nocturne with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Nocturne as Seraphine, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Seraphine vs Nocturne face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Seraphine are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.