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Nocturne
Patch 16.2.1
JungleDifficulty
Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Identify the most vulnerable enemy carry and use to pick them off before every major objective fight. Force the enemy into 4v5 situations by punishing anyone who steps out of vision.
Playstyle
Map-wide predator who punishes isolated enemies. You farm hard early to reach level 6, then transform the game into a horror movie by diving the backline whenever your ultimate is available.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Global presence with forces enemies to play defensively even if you aren't visible.
- +Extremely fast jungle clear thanks to the AoE damage and healing from and the AD buff from .
- +Excellent 1v1 potential because can negate an enemy's most important ability.
- +Vision denial on is one of the strongest utility tools for securing objectives like Baron or Soul.
Weaknesses
- -Pre-6 ganks are very weak; if you don't have , you have to walk directly at people.
- -Highly dependent on cooldown to make meaningful plays in the mid-game.
- -Vulnerable to 'death balls' where the enemy team stays tightly grouped, preventing isolated picks.
- -Once you commit to a dive with , you have no built-in escape tools to get back out.
Abilities
Every few seconds, your next auto deals AoE damage and heals you. Each auto reduces the cooldown. In the jungle, drag camps together so hits everything for maximum healing.
Throws a blade that leaves a trail. You get massive AD and Movement Speed on this trail. NEVER fight off the trail; the AD boost is equivalent to over 1000 gold in stats.
Passively gives Attack Speed. Active creates a 1.5s shield. If you block a spell, your passive Attack Speed doubles for 5 seconds. Timing this to block CC is the difference between a kill and dying.
A tether that fears the target after 2 seconds. Use the movement speed from to stay in range. The fear duration is long, usually guaranteed death for a squishy target.
First cast turns off enemy vision and stops them from seeing ally pings or minimap info. Second cast dashes to a target. Use it to disrupt enemy coordination even if you don't plan to dash immediately.
Teamfight Role
Backline Diver/Assassin
Wait for the enemy to engage or for your tank to go in first. Once the enemies use their primary peel spells, cast to dive the ADC or Mid. Your goal is to kill them or force them out of the fight entirely.
If your own carry is very fed, use and to peel for them. The fear duration is often enough to stop a diver.
Combos
Standard Assassination
(first cast) -> (second cast) -> (mid-air) -> ->
Throw while you are still flying in the air to ensure you land on the trail immediately. Tether with and hold to block their peel attempt.
The Stick Factor
-> -> Auto-attack ->
Used when ganking without ultimate. Hit the for speed, tether with , and save specifically for when they try to CC you to break the tether.
Fear Flash
-> Flash (behind enemy)
When is about to proc the fear, Flash to the opposite side of the enemy's escape route. Feared enemies run AWAY from you, so this forces them to run into your teammates.
Vision Denial Pivot
(first cast) -> Walk to Objective
Use the first part of solely to blind the enemy team while your team finishes a Dragon or Baron. You don't always have to take the dash if it's too risky.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 6 | Your first major spike. You gain the ability to bypass wards and gank from virtually anywhere in your jungle. |
| Level 11 | The range on increases significantly and the cooldown drops, allowing for more frequent map pressure. |
| Level 13 | With and both maxed, your burst damage and crowd control duration are at their peak. |
| Level 16 | Max rank has a very short cooldown, making it impossible for the enemy ADC to ever feel safe side-laning. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Casting while flying in is crucial. If you miss , you lose almost all of your kill pressure.
- • removes all shared vision. The enemies cannot see what is happening to their teammates on the other side of the screen.
- •You can use to block monster abilities too, like Dragon's knockback or Baron's spikes, to keep your attack speed high.
- •If an enemy has a spell shield (like Malzaghar or Sivir), use the impact of to break it before trying to land .
- •The trail from stays on the ground even if the enemy goes into brush; use it to track their movement without wards.
- •Always auto-attack as much as possible; every hit reduces the cooldown, which provides the sustain you need to survive close duels.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Ult-ing into five people.→You will get CC'd and die instantly before the fear can even trigger.
- ✕Using as soon as you land with .→Smart players will wait for your shield to expire before using their CC. Save it for the actual animation of their spell.
- ✕Fighting while off the trail.→You lose a massive amount of free AD, making it much harder to win 1v1s against other junglers.
- ✕Ignoring farm to wait for targets.→You will fall behind in levels. Nocturne needs to stay ahead of the curve to be a threat; farm your camps while looking at the map.
- ✕Using on an enemy with Zhonya's Hourglass active.→You waste your most important cooldown and leave yourself stranded in the middle of the enemy team.
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