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Nocturne Build Guide by

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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! :)

(119) |

Hi. Since You're using Lethal Tempo + Phantom Dancer/Wit's End/Sanguine Blade, don't you think taking BloodLine over Alacrity be a better choice? with that much Attack Speed I guess another 18% Bonus Attack Speed Shines less Than 12% Life Steal since it can help you stay Healthier (It will Also works better Against Tanks)... Lots of people take Alacrity over BloodLine Although their Build contains lots of Attack Speed, Since I consider you as the pro (The first time I bought Nocturne I came here :) I checked your Nocturne Build maaany times. There wasn't much Attack Speed in your build before so It was kinda normal to take Alacrity. but now There is, and I'm confused about why you still recommend Alacrity over it. Life Steal always was a Life Savor to me since Nocturne is Squishy. Knowing that you can fill your health with Minions/Jungle Camps/Enemy Champs is Always nice.)
Thank You if you read this. Still Thank you if you didn't :|

(1495) |

Bloodline stacks much more slowly and doesn't offer any benefit early game, while Alacrity immediately starts giving benefits. Also, if you're building you'll have lifesteal already, and if you're not building it, you can still benefit from more attack speed.

Bloodline is a common rune on AD carries that build a lot of attack speed, attack damage and crit chance, but no lifesteal in their early items. It's a way to access lifesteal without delaying your main damage items. For ADCs who buy an early lifesteal item like , you'll see them go for Alacrity, even though they'll be building a lot of attack speed already.

Think of as the most generically valuable rune in that row (at least for basic attackers) while gains more value if the champion wants to build lifesteal but can't easily get it from items.

(119) |

Thank you.
btw I don't usually go for Lethality. The problem I have with Lethality is that as the game takes longer I feel weaker and weaker as enemies build Armor and defensive items. Unlike champions like Zed nocturne doesn't have much escape options if he fails to kill someone fast enough. I was trying to get in higher ranks in SoloQ but no matter how good I played I lost most of my games because the enemy was better at teamfights and I was a fed squishy late game player who couldn't do much. So I tried to build for late game and went for Critical Strike. It's not common on noc, but at somepoints I was really tired of feeling like I'm doing my best and losing because of my teammates. like when you gank your top twice, give him 2 kills, and he still can't beat his opponent... That's why I usually try to be the Carry, I could go adc role for that but I really like noc. in my last account I had a total of 17 mastery score while I had more than 300K pts on nocturne so I guess you can imagine how much I like him.
I didn't go on like that on my new account and tried others as well and now I know how to kill them easier with noc... anyway, I dunno why I suddenly told all that. thank you for your time and Advice. It was helpful :)

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(1495) |

You're correct about Nocturne's weakness in team fights. The main tools you have for team fighting are picked up after for your early power spike. , and are all cheap, cost-efficient survivability options that will help keep you alive much longer in fights when you go into a group of enemies.

If you don't have any of those, you'll find yourself blowing up in fights. The best way to team fight without any defensive items is to basically wait a really long time while your teammates burn enemy cooldowns and you're still in a safe position. It feels bad to not help immediately, but it's often better to ult in late to a fight and clean up kills rather than go in at the start and die because you didn't have any way to protect yourself.

If you want to try other builds you're certainly welcome to of course. I definitely think the build(s) I use regularly work just as well in silver as they do in diamond, but if you find something that ends up working better for the way you play the champ, just use what works.

If you want to be able to team fight more reliably, maybe try instead of Duskblade. You can go for the other defensive items like GA and PD afterwards, but you'll have a higher health pool to work with. Your damage will suffer quite a bit but it makes him more of a diver like rather than an assassin. I think that might be a more appropriate first item after Warrior for you since going straight for will leave you with low damage and no CDR.

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