Xayah vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Xayah
based on 3,525 Xayah vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Nocturne
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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!
Xayah vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Xayah vs. Nocturne counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..
Xayah usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Xayah or Nocturne?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a bad counter for Nocturne.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Nocturne.
Moreover, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often picks up much more CS as Nocturne. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xayah versus Nocturne build include Bloodthirster, Stormrazor, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Nocturne than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Nocturne as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Xayah vs Nocturne battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Xayah are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.