Nocturne Build Guide by PsiGuard

I'm doing like that now. Simply buying belt before cutlass. Witch makes me tanky enough for some time.

Blade of the Ruined King will be added into the guide in my next update. So far it seems to be somewhat dependent on your team comp since it's a heavy gold sink into offense, but as long as you have an initiator it's been pretty nice. The early Bilgewater Cutlass is great for ganking since the MS steal helps get your Unspeakable Horror off. :)

another tip for dusk-bringer : it can be used to follow stealth champions such as rengar + kha'zix very effectively

This new meta is so annoying...
"hey lets jungle, build solari, aegis, and being tanky as *, no matter which champion am I playing"
I dont say its not working, just annoying :D

Hey Psi, do you know NinjaKen? He's a Challenger Tier Nocturne main, and builds literally the same thing every game.

Wriggles > Boots > Triforce > Randuins/Aegis (I assume Randuins if he wants to kill carries, Aegis otherwise) > Some other stuff that he never finishes I guess.

21/9/0 masteries, Exhaust Smite for Summoners.

15 AD Runes

I've tried it and it worked surprisingly well, except for the fact that the people I was playing against weren't that great ;p

Just wanna know your thoughts/opinions.

I just have to ask, why does this build seem to focus on being tanky and not assassinating? I always figured Nocturne played as a quick get in and kill w/ paranoia and get out with flash or natural escape.

Hello
I have read and I like this nocturne guide but I usually go whit [*] Statikk Shiv and [*] Bloody hydra for extrem snowballing even if I just goes to push down a tower. Has you ever thought about this strategy and if have then please tell me if you thinks it's valid or not.

//The Darkest Hell

Yeah, I see him on stream a lot. Never really understood his style. Trinity Force has been buffed twice since the start of season 3 so it's better than it used to be. Still not a big fan, probably won't put it in my guide.

I played with 21/9/0 in season 3 for a while. It was nice and it works, but I like 9/21/0 better. You don't get a whole lot past 9 points in offense. It's okay, but not the way I'd recommend playing.

Don't like Exhaust. It's the next best thing to Flash and really the only other option I'd consider, but I still don't like it.

I honestly don't understand the 15 AD runes. Even for a focus on champion damage, I'd run at least six armor pen marks. No real reason not to. Most people are running attack speed on a lot of junglers in season 3 to make good use of machete.

I'll probably try Trinity Force for a few games and see how it goes. So far I'm liking the Blade of the Ruined King rush into Bulwark/Randuin's though.


The short answer is that you don't need much damage to kill carries and you need durability to be useful as a melee and as a jungler. Playing glass cannon Nocturne doesn't work very well at a competitive level.


Nocturne really doesn't need to itemize in order to push lanes quickly. Just clear minions with Duskbringer and Umbra Blades.

This is the best build for Nocturne Globally I went first time Noc, FOllowed the build, and went 8-2
Jeez This guy is mlg pro

This is the guide people should use for jungling.