Ziggs vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Ziggs
based on 3,041 Ziggs vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Nocturne
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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!
Ziggs vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Ziggs in LoL
The stats shown here feature some significant Ziggs versus Nocturne matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Ziggs usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate than Nocturne, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Ziggs into Nocturne.
Moreover, Ziggs also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ziggs is a terribly counter to Nocturne. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ziggs in order to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs on average gets much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ziggs versus Nocturne build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Liandry's Torment. When Ziggs included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Nocturne than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Nocturne as Ziggs, Ziggs players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Ziggs vs Nocturne fights, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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