Darius vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Darius
based on 7,159 Darius vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Nocturne
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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!
Darius vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Darius in LoL
The stats provided here feature several vital Darius vs. Nocturne counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Darius typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nocturne. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Darius or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a bad counter to Nocturne.
While Darius does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Darius into Nocturne.
Additionally, Darius also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Darius is a bad counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius most often accumulates much more CS compared to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Darius versus Nocturne build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Titanic Hydra. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Nocturne than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 47.1% when countering Nocturne with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nocturne as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Darius vs Nocturne counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.
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