Elise vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Elise
based on 1,455 Elise vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Nocturne
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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!
Elise vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Elise in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Elise versus Nocturne counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Elise normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Elise and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Elise or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 44.7% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Elise does have a much lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Elise also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Elise into Nocturneas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Elise has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Elise is a bad counter to Nocturne. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Elise to counter Nocturne during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Elise versus Nocturne build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Nocturne than with many other common builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average winrate of 44.7% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Nocturne as Elise, Elise players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Elise vs Nocturne battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Elise are shown for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.