Talon vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Talon
based on 4,254 Talon vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Nocturne
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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!
Talon vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several vital Talon vs. Nocturne counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Talon normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Talon or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually loses when trying to fight Nocturne, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a bad counter to Nocturne.
While Talon does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Talon into Nocturneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often 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 Talon 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.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically racks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Talon versus Nocturne build consist of Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Nocturne than with many other common builds. In fact, Talon boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nocturne as Talon, Talon players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Talon vs Nocturne battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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