Yasuo with Nocturne
How to Synergize Yasuo and Nocturne
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Yasuo Nocturne Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Nocturne
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Understand How Nocturne Will Play
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Yasuo Nocturne Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nocturne as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yasuo sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nocturne. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nocturne helps Yasuo perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo plays on the same team as Nocturne, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Nocturne provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played with Nocturne on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nocturne. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nocturne.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Nocturne on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Nocturne does a poor job of covering Yasuo in teamfights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Nocturne?
There is no one best ally for Yasuo that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Nocturne is a very typical teammate for Yasuo. By being on the same team as Yasuo, he decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Yasuo and Nocturne that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Nocturne has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means Yasuo players don't need to be cautious when finding Nocturne teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Yasuo players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Yasuo and Nocturne together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nocturne ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to pair well with Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to use in your Yasuo and Nocturne synergy build include Wit's End, Death's Dance, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Nocturne than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Yasuo players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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