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Nocturne Build Guide by

[Patch 5.16] Secret OP Noctank Jungle

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Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Standard Jungle Start

First Back

Rush

Boots (Pick One)

Finish Up

Defense

Boots Enchantments

Situational

Example End Build

Example End Build vs Full AD

Example End Build vs Full AP

Ability Order

Nocturne Passive Ability

Introduction

Hi guys! Lord Lund here again with a guide on another one of my favorite champions, . is one of a select few champions who have high enough base damage to get away with just building one damage item and still being able to dish out A TON of damage. He is an extremely fun to play champion that excels at diving the backline of a team and taking out the squishy, high priority targets. He is also an extremely strong meta pick at this point in time. Even though the new Sated Devourer jungle item is extremely strong at this point in time, I believe that is a champ that really benefits the most by using the Cinderhulk enchantment. Thanks for reading, I hope my build works as well for you as it does for me!

Why Cinderhulk Instead of Sated Devourer?

With patch 5.13 came a whole bunch of craze over the new Sated Devourer item. Everybody quickly rushes to the assumption that since is an auto attack reliant jungler, Sated Devourer would probably be amazing on him. While it is true that the new Sated Devourer is better than the old Devourer, that does not make it the optimal choice on . Nocturne passively gains attack speed due to . That combined with the should be more than enough attack speed. It is better to build Cinderhulk, get the 25% bonus HP for every HP item you build, and do damage to your targets just be simply being around them (which you will be because you are a melee champion). I have tested out the new Sated Devourer on . I actually disliked it so much more than Cinderhulk that I sold it late game for Cinderhulk.

Items

Typical jungle start is , Two s, and a . After your first clear, you want to be able to buy at least , a , a or two, a , and switch over to . Next, you want to try and stay out until you have enough gold to complete your . Then, rush getting and , getting before . The active on and works really well with . If you use it after your speed boost from the enemy champ being feared from is finished then there is almost no chance that they are getting away.

When deciding what boots to go you have to think about a couple of things. are my personal favorites on because of the fact that he can be kited easily if the other team has slows or any other disable. Therefore, the tenacity given by is really nice. However, if all or almost all of the other teams damage is physical, is the way to go.

Lastly, you have to build your defensive items. I like to always try and build , , and on . The passive is amazing on any champion building tank, especially when you're somebody diving the backline as much as . The passive life steal bonus and 10% cooldown reduction from works great with . is actually kind of many hungry and, as mentioned before, gets kited easily, so the extra mana, Catalyst the Protector passive, and active works amazing with . Not to mention the self-healing from is boosted by .

However, there are times when these are not the smartest options to go when building your defensive items. Versus a heavy AD team, you'll probably want to be going instead of . Versus a heavy AP team, you'll want to be going instead of . Yet, if your support or top layer did not build or , it might be smart for you to build instead of so that your team has a stronger team fight presence because of its passive. Also, with the recent nerfs in patch 5.13 to taking away 100 HP, I kind of feel like it might be more efficient to go instead. With the 25% bonus health from Cinderhulk, this makes a difference of 625 HP from to 1000 HP from . It may be worth having to manage your mana usage a little better in order to have an extra 375 HP. I haven't tested it out yet, but I will update the guide and let you guys know when I do. If anyone else tests it out or knows, comment and let me know!

Skill Sequence

On , your skill sequence should always be R > Q > E > W. Obviously you want to be maxing your ultimate, first. You want to prioritize maxing second as it is your main damage output since it also makes your basic attacks stronger when your within its trail. should be maxed next as it's your ability that does the second most amount of damage, it increases the amount of time your target is feared as you level it up, and it's cooldown is reduced meaning you can fear people more often. should be maxed last as it is more just utility since it is a spell shield.

You want to be getting another point into your Q, at level 3 because when you're clearing your jungle you do not want to be using your W, unless if you have blue buff because you will find yourself quickly running out of mana.

Spells

Passive, Umbra Blades

is a very strong passive and is what makes 's jungle clearing and dueling as great as it is. When is up, 's next basic attack deals 120% your AD in AOE and heals you for 10 / 18 / 26 HP per enemy hit. When is on cooldown, every basic attack you do reduces its cooldown by one second.

Q, Duskbringer

This is your main damage output. When casted, fires a skillshot of a shadow blade that leaves a trail behind it. It deals 60 / 105 /150 / 195 / 240 (+ 75% bonus AD) to every enemy hit by it. When an enemy is hit by it, they have a trail behind them for the next 5 seconds. When is in this trail, he deals 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 bonus damage on his basic attacks, his movement is increased by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%, and he ignores unit collision.

W, Shroud of Darkness

Passively, Nocturne permanently gains 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% attack speed.

When activated, receives a spell shield for the next 1.5 seconds. If you happen to block a spell with the spell shield, his passively gained attack speed doubles for the next 5 seconds.

E, Unspeakable Horror

Passively, gains 335 movement speed when moving towards feared targets. Meaning that it doesn't necessarily have to be targets feared by . For example, they could be feared by and would still gain the movement speed buff when moving towards them.

When activated on a target, deals 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 260 (+ 100% AP) magic damage to the target over 2 seconds. If the target stays within the range of the spell for the whole 2 seconds, they are feared for 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds.

R, Paranoia

This is what makes who he is and allows him to instantaneously dive a particular chosen target on the other team's backline.

When activated, enemies have their sight radius reduced and their shared vision is temporally disabled.

When activated one more time on an enemy champion, will launch and fly over to the target dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 120% bonus AD) on contact.

Combos and Tips

It is always nice to land before trying to fear a target by using because if you manage to land you will received the extra movement speed from standing in its trail, meaning that it will be extremely hard for the enemy champion to escape the range of .

When you target an enemy champion with and fly towards them, you basically want to immediately cast all of your spells because when people get targeted by 's they will panic and probably spam their abilities or cast their ultimate. By casting right away, you will most likely block their main damage output and also gain the attack speed buff from blocking a spell. However, you do not want to spam your abilities if you are just targeting an enemy that has very little health and is getting away. In that case you'll want to save and for other targets since they have somewhat of a long cooldown. A couple of basic attacks or one should be enough to kill a low HP target.

When you are trying to escape from enemies who are chasing you down, cast on the person behind you and shoot out in front of you. That way, if the movement speed buff from the trail isn't enough for you to escape, the person chasing you down will be feared by .

One lethal ultimate combo that a lot of LCS teams have been building their team comps around lately has been the and ultimate combo. The way to do this is that casts on an enemy champion and, while is casting , casts on . This requires a lot of communication to pull off, but is almost a guaranteed kill when executed correctly.

Jungling

When jungling as , you can start at either Krugs or Gromp. You want to start at whichever one is on the bottom side because you will have the best leash that way with both the support and adc leashing you. Because of and , is one jungler that has no problem clearing the entire jungle without backing. Also, when you're playing you really want to prioritize farming over ganking because once you hit level 6 you gain a lot of global presence with your ultimate. Only tank pre-6 if it is a guaranteed kill. While clearing the jungle, try and position yourself so that you hit every monster in the camp with and . This will significantly improve your clears.

Krug Start

Gromp Start

Ganking

When ganking with you want to come up from behind the enemy champion, land , cast on them, and proceed to attack them. You should not be using to initiate ganks unless if you absolutely need to in order to save one of your laners from dying and even possibly turn it on the them. You should be looking to save just in case the enemy later flashes or is about to get away from the gank. Then, you can cast it on them and secure the kill.

Team Fights

As , your role in team fighting should be to use you ultimate, in order to dive and take out priority targets in their backline. This is less risky when using the Tank build because if you were building damage you would most likely dive their backline and end up dying within seconds as everyone tries to burst you down. Yet, as tank you can ping the enemy champion you are going to target, cast on them, strike them down, and be durable enough to sustain the damage from the enemy team as they focus you down long enough for your team to engage with you.

Proof

Thanks for reading my guide! Please leave comment and leave feedback or if you liked the guide give it a like. If you haven't already, check out my guide "[5.13] Tank'Sai Jungle". It's fourth down on the first page of guides.

Lord Lund