What are Nocturnes weaknesses and Strengths?

Blitzidious·3/6/2015, 2:50:39 AM·1 votes·1,442 views

I'd like to know the ins and outs of Nocturne, because i've had an absolutely terrible time in game with him. I've went up against him a couple times top lane, and my lack of knowledge of the Champion was my downfall. So any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

4 Comments

MrPerson103/6/2015, 3:19:45 AM3 votes

Pros:

  • Snowball/carry potential
  • Strong early game dueler; great sustain
  • Crazy strong early damage
  • Spellshield
  • Incredibly strong counter-ganker/roamer post-6
  • Amazing gank/pressure on all lanes with ult up
  • Effective carry assassin in all stages of the game
  • Very snowbally, great early and mid game
  • Great synergy with global champions (Twisted fate, Pantheon, Shen)

Cons:

  • Dashes or jumps break his fear
  • Fairly squishy early to mid
  • Mana dependant
  • Skillshot Q, if it misses he's easily kited and loses a lot of damage potential as well as his gapclose
  • Spellshield easily baited in a laning scenario, crippling his AS boost from the shield blocking anything
  • Relatively irrelevant pre-6.

If I missed anything or anyone wants to add to it, feel free. After all, I don't claim to know everything.

Vauren3/6/2015, 4:33:46 PM3 votes

Don't try and ult a Lucian as you won't be able to find him :P

GummyBearWookiee3/6/2015, 6:12:45 PM1 votes

Nocturne is a great champion and a lot of fun. There's very little to not like about Noc...he suffers from one major problem and that's his Ult. His Ult's awesome...it's also on one of the longest cooldowns imaginable. Playing against him...remember that. When he ults...he's not going to be able to Ult again for a long time early on. It's a 3 minute cooldown until level 11 and almost 2 and a half minutes until level 16.

He has a spell shield..so keep that in mind...do not blow something important on him if he has his spell shield up or if it's not on cooldown. He can chase like it's nobody's business if you run in a line because he has increased movement speed while he's on his dusk trail...so if he casts Duskbringer...immediately change directions to make sure he doesn't get the speed buff while continuing on a straight line.