Alistar vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Alistar
based on 3,381 Alistar vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Nocturne
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Win Against Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Alistar vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Alistar against Nocturne counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nocturne. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Alistar or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when trying to fight Nocturne, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a bad counter for Nocturne.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Nocturneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Alistar to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Alistar versus Nocturne build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Nocturne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Nocturne with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Nocturne as Alistar, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Alistar vs Nocturne counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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