Nocturne is a great Champ and i love to play him. He has a massiv waveclear, high amount of damage and great sustain- so i thought, why dont just play him top?

Ofc he is a strong jungler with a big impact but i think his spells are made for laning.
Rush Tiamat and Q the wave- right there u got the fastes waveclear ingame.
With ur Ult u got a roaming potential and a pick potential- boom: The Perfekt Toplane Champ!

Clearly u are no tank- but if u get the right items u can get tanky or just shread tanks.

U have to try it out- in my eyes its really strong.

u can take Ignite too- thats up to u. But i love to be as mobile as it get's.

Dependint on the matchup ur playing u can choose various Runes. If u vs a hard matchup u can go with Resolve and Precison. If u want to go for the full oneshot, get Domination (searche Darian's Oneshot Nocturne Toplane- i got a own guide on that).

Try out some own combinations that are adepted to ur playstile.

You can play evry matchup differently:
Nocturne is kind of weak vs a bunch of chmamps like Garen, Ornn or Singed. U see these champs are all full tank champs with good base damage. Its hard to play against these kind of champs because from a cetrain point in time they will out scale u. What u can do is, play ur lane agressive. Try to gain a early lead or communicate with ur jungler to get early ganks. That should help u to get in game. If this is working, u can snowball a game pretty easy. If this isnt working, play ur lane as safe as u can and try to go a tank build (i got a own guide for this, go check it out- just searche Darian's Tank Nocturne Top). A tank Nocturne isnt as usfull as a damage Nocturne but if u got a bit practice on it, it can work too.

In winning matchups like Aatrox, Yasuo or even Vladimir u need to play aggresive. Try to get early kills and ur in. If this isnt working, dont greed- get ur farm and start roaming. Try to get mid in or help ur jungler.

This is my opinion on the matchups. U need to try it for yourself to see, how to play various matchups. If u do that let me know, whether u agree with me or not. :)

As u can see i love to play Nocturne agressive in the early game. The bad thing is: U can be ganked very easily. The good thing: Ur insanly strong!
Use that early power- u got a great sustain with ur passive and the Corrupting Potion. With ur atack speed of ur Q and the fear u got a insane kill potential. In my eyes u dont need a Ignite- if u want to get a first blood or a even bigger kill potential, take Ignite. But in this guide i show u how to play him in the best way possible. So u can paly him in ranked's and win some games! If u want to play a Oneshot Nocturne, check my other guide.

Ur laning phase stops after 1,200K Gold. U got Tiamat now and the only thing u do is fast pushing ur waves into his tower (unless u want to freeze ur lane). Now he has to farm under his tower and u can help ur jungler, gank ur mid lane or u can just start to get vision. U see u got a very fast lane. Dont overextend now. Dont leave ur lane completly- u still need to take ur waves and sometimes u can punish a mistake from ur opponent. So please use ur possibilities smart.

If u do this the lane should be fun for u :P

Hey guys,
Iam a Nocturne Toplane Main and i hope u start enjoing it too!
By the way iam German so my english is pretty bad- please dont judge me to hard. I try my best! :p
Have some great games!
Fu5 Darian