Nocturne...support?

I'm not one for playing the typical meta, ill role fill meta wise, but I like to play champs in unorthodox places.... Anywho, with that being said....

I have been having a blast playing around with Nocturne support this past week. Running Fleet footwork to guarantee my Fear tether lands, and to escape from quick trades or Relic minion kills. Also the minor sustain doesn't hurt, and makes it marginally easier to stay in lane. Secondaries are Manaflow Band and Celerity.

Nocturnes high mana costs are the only thing that have kept him out of lanes, historically he'd pretty much go oom after 2 trades. Not anymore. Manaflow band, and his natural sustain allow him to stay in lane for a extremely long time, comparable to something like Trundle support. Celerity bakes in a substantial amount of AD into his kit... Q trail gives him move speed. E gives him massive movespeed towards feared targets. Together they give him +20 AD at lvl2, combined with the flat AD gain on his Q, is rather substantial. This only goes up when you buy boots and Phage/BC.

His spell shield is wonderful utility wise. Being able to stand in front of your ADC, and shield any hooks, roots, engages, or MF double taps. It adds a nice level of protection to lane phase. He trades well with every combination bot lane, so far ive had the most difficulty with Vayne+Lulu. Going "in" is pretty low risk, youre generally always safe with spell shield and his natural sustain+Fear. You might lose a trade, but youll get out of it alive for sure. If your enemies push you to tower and give you enough space, you can usually just run them down the lane and kill them both. But, Noct supports charm holds its weight elsewhere..... I haven't had a game yet, where my ADC hasn't gotten tower FB. Even in situations where we are substantially losing.

His passive is so insanely good for pushing the lane when your enemies recall, that you can instantly delete waves(without taking CS). And chunk the crap out of that tower. With passive attack speed baked into his kit, and runes, combined with passive AD baked into his kit and runes, he absolutely obliterates towers. And ive never seen a champ so successful with Relic shield. Ill have 30min games where I get a minimum 2500 gold from my Relic shield, because of his passive, which also adds into his ability to shove the lane onto tower. He also does very well defending his tower. You cant really siege his tower out when hes alone, when he can Q+Umbra Blades the entire wave to death, and spellshield anything you could do to prevent him from doing so.

Fleet footwork Alacrity Coup de grace That heal on kills rune.

Manaflowband Celerity.

Face of the Mountain. Defensive boots. SS Black Cleaver Locket Gargoyle stoneplate.