How to improve Nocturne

ZeeWolfZ·9/26/2017, 11:29:12 PM·3 votes·463 views

Nocturne kit is pretty old but I manage. However, as Diamond Noc I would like to see just three changes:

Nocturne's passive is outdated and boring. It is literally a tool for jungle clear that is barely passable. Don't need to do much, just increase the heal.
Nocturne has 0 escape while many of the Assassins AND Fighters have an escape tool. Nocturne's Q should allow him to walk through walls. This way he can choose to either mark his target or use it as an escape route.
Minimize his mana cost. Literally, the hardest counter for Nocturne is trying to use a combo more than twice before going to base.

These small changed might put him into 50% win rate range in higher elos.

6 Comments

Tyberius119/26/2017, 11:32:13 PM2 votes

You can use his Q to get away but walking through walls seems a bit too much and not like his kit/style. Passive definitely needs more healing as does Hecarim's W, Gragas' passive, Fiddle's E against monsters, etc. Just buy more ap oriented items like rod of ages, seraph's embrace, maramune, etc.

SooFr0sty9/27/2017, 2:21:24 AM1 votes

Also make his e not work on minions.

I think that and mana cost adjustments is all he needs, maybe some slightly early ultimate range

Melledoneus9/27/2017, 4:01:19 AM1 votes

As an avid Nocturne player, I would like to pre-cast his Q so it casts as he reaches his target. I press it when I arrive anyway, and it would help to time the spell shield better.

Also it'd be nice if the passive healing scaled past base values and AP values, like bonus AD or something. Or if it applied on-hit effects in the 360 slash.