Brand vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Brand
based on 12,967 Brand vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Nocturne
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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!
Brand vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Brand in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Brand against Nocturne matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Brand often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Brand or Nocturne?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually loses when facing off against Nocturne, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a bad counter to Nocturne.
While Brand does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Nocturne.
Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Brand is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand in order to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand usually accumulates more CS compared to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Brand versus Nocturne build include Void Staff, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Nocturne than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 48.9% battling Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nocturne as Brand, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Brand vs Nocturne counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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