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Nocturne Build Guide by

The Nocturnomicon

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(23) |

Hello,
first of all great guide! I want to ask you what do you think about a on-hit build. Maybe something like trinity, BORK or wit's end.
Have a nice day!

(1495) |

You can win with on-hit but I don't think it's optimal. Bruiser works better vs tanky teams. If you go for mostly attack speed items, it's hard to get enough attacks off to make them worth it 'cause you'll be quite squishy.

(23) |

Thank you very much!

i loved your guide, specially the threats and synergies part

(1495) |

Updated the build with the meta setup (Tempo is still good as well). Also split the build into 2 since the bruiser build is currently dominant and it was a lot easier to organize the two builds separately. Assassin build is still good but you need to use it into the right comps (lots of squishies, low peel). Into ranged champions that aren't super free kills, works fine.

the real assasin

(2) |

great guide!

Hello im very new in league of legends, im level 46 and bronze 3, but i liked this guide for nocturne and i have a question: Wouldn't it be better to use Eclipse before Daktar to one-shot with the assassin build?

(1495) |

gives you ability haste, which lets you cast your ultimate more often, and invisibility after you 1-shot someone. It also deals basically the same damage as until later in the game, when Eclipse's mythic passive is stacked up. I'd recommend Duskblade as it'll give you more opportunities to get kills and you'll be safe from being focused after killing someone, because you'll be invisible long enough to reposition.

Hi, I gave your build a try and it worked out great. Just need a bit more practice with it. In terms of the Bruiser build when would be the best scenario to use it?

(1495) |

Generally when the enemy team isn't squishy / vulnerable enough to use a full damage build. If you're against a lot of tanks/bruisers, peeling supports like , and the enemy team is going to be grouped a lot of the time, it can be basically impossible to reliably 1-shot someone.

The Bruiser build still lets you kill people, but you'll do it over time and you'll be a lot tankier for team fights. It's not as strong at carrying, since getting picks solo is more difficult (the enemy has more time to escape or get help), but it guarantees you won't be useless in team fights.

For example, I used the bruiser build against a team with , , , and . I could probably kill any of those champions with the Assassin build if they were alone, but when grouped, my only viable target would be MF (and she built that game). Instead, I was able to fight anyone on their team, even in team fights, since I couldn't be bursted through and had enough DPS from to kill their tankier guys.

(338) |

realised in your warding section you still have the text as "warding totem" instead of . Idk why riot decided to change the name, having only the icon changed was good enough but meh.

(1495) |

Wow, I didn't even realize they changed the name. Thanks for the tip, I'll update the guide now.

what do you think of the of preseason 11 on pbe for nocturne?

(1495) |

Lethality items look pretty good but it's hard to say for certain what options there'll be. Nocturne has historically had pretty radically different builds based on which items are strong. I'm hoping we'll end up with more build flexibility than there was for Noc this past season, but there's a lot of uncertainty with PBE testing so I'll reserve judgment for when the preseason patch actually goes live.

hey can you make a update log on what you've updated on? it would really help

(1495) |

I usually post a comment for any major updates.

(2) |

Noc is free LP using this guide lol :D

(1495) |

Updated items and added a second skill order (and optional to runes). I fleshed out the assassin builds a bit more to better demonstrate how to build situationally. The relevant chapters of the guide also reflect these changes. Hope you guys find it helpful! :)

(78) |

Just keeps getting better. Outstanding work, PsiGuard!

Going to try to time Q with passive procs. Hadn't consider paying attention to that sort of maximization before reading your tip.

1 suggestion that I didn't see in the guide, but something we talked about a couple of days ago was using on the scuttle crab to CC it then hitting it with to ramp up your AD, since if you do it the other way around the thing will quite often run off your Duskbringer trail or just juke it outright. Damn thing is better at dodging skill shots than most players. XD

Also IIRC in one place in the guide you mention using Duskbringer on the target just before your land with Paranoia and in another you mention using Duskbringer on the target just after you land with Paranoia, which seemed inconsistent.

And finally (though this may be on beyond the scope of what you are trying to do) with respect to dragons are there ones that you consider worth contesting and others that you would let go assuming you could get another objective on the map or is it purely situational?

Thanks!

(1495) |

Great suggestions, thank you. I'm planning on updating my gameplay sections Soon™, but I'll try and remember to put that tip in there (and be more clear about how to combo abilities).

I'll go into a bit more detail on dragons when I add/update new gameplay sections, but the gist of it is I consider all dragons to be more or less equal. Infernal is the only one I would consider a little higher priority, but most of the time the type of dragon doesn't affect my decision whether or not to take it.

I'd say the most noticeable impact on decision making is that I'm more likely to try a risky steal for an Infernal than a Cloud drake, but in the majority of games, the type of drake doesn't matter. It's just good to have drakes.