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Nocturne champion portrait

Nocturne Build

Support Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 276 gamesUpdated

43.5%win rate0.0%pick13.5%ban

Who counters Nocturne

  • Lux champion portraitLux41.3%46 games · 26.20

How to build Nocturne

Ionian Boots of Lucidity→Stridebreaker→Axiom Arc→Experimental Hexplate

Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Stridebreaker → Axiom Arc → Experimental Hexplate

83.3% win rate 4% of games 6 games
RunesDominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactGrisly MementosUltimate HunterPrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph39% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite64%
Skills
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Duskbringer
14578
Shroud of Darkness
214151718
Unspeakable Horror
39101213
Paranoia
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Nocturne build →

Best ADCs for Nocturne

Who Nocturne has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

  • Jhin champion portraitJhin60.0%60 games · 26.20

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

43.5%win rate
Patch 26.20: 43.0% over 615 gamesPatch 26.21: 43.5% over 276 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
0.0%pick rate
13.5%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
45.0%under 22 min
44.9%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. 6 from Master and above, then down the ladder as far as Diamond — Nocturne Support is not played often enough at the top to fill 10 games on its own.

Loss 5–10m
MASTER+
Nocturne champion portraitS Nocturne+Ezreal champion portraitB EzrealvsNautilus champion portraitS Nautilus+Aphelios champion portraitB Aphelios
1 / 2 / 2

Build

Runic CompassBoots|

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QEWQQR
Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Nocturne champion portraitS Nocturne+Kai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'SavsPantheon champion portraitS Pantheon+Taliyah champion portraitB Taliyah
2 / 12 / 2

Build

Celestial OppositionBoots|Stridebreaker

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QWEQQRQEQ
Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Nocturne champion portraitS Nocturne+Syndra champion portraitB SyndravsZilean champion portraitS Zilean+Kog'Maw champion portraitB Kog'Maw
7 / 9 / 4

Build

BloodsongIonian Boots of Lucidity|Umbral Glaive→Voltaic Cyclosword→Axiom Arc

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEWW

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 47.8% win rate · 39% of games · 69 games
DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactGrisly MementosUltimate Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 34.5% win rate · 17% of games · 29 games
PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
DominationGrisly MementosUltimate Hunter
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite64%42.3%182 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash29%39.8%83 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity26%Berserker's Greaves23%Plated Steelcaps21%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity most often · 42.5% win rate
Support item
Bloodsong59%Celestial Opposition22%Solstice Sleigh7%
Bloodsong most often · 41.5% win rate

Nocturne build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Nocturne Support is at 283 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Nocturne →
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Nocturne against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Nocturne's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst ADCs are ranked the same way, against Nocturne's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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