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How to Win Ezreal vs Nocturne Counter MatchupEzreal is in the b tier of champions

Ezreal vs Nocturne

How to Beat Nocturne as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nocturne as Ezreal

based on 12,295 Ezreal vs Nocturne matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
5.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Nocturne as Ezreal resulted from an analysis of 12295 ranked rounds where both champs opposed each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Ezreal encounters Nocturne in only 5.4% of his games.

Ezreal vs Nocturne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal has done a terrible job of countering Nocturne. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.3% of matches the champions face one another in. In Ezreal against Nocturne games, Ezreal’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Nocturne.

Best Ezreal vs Nocturne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaFrozen HeartMaw of Malmortius

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterSpear of ShojinNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
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Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
>
Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Nocturne as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Nocturne

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

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!

Ezreal vs Nocturne Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Nocturne Image
6.4
< Kills >
7.4
6
< Deaths >
6.1
7
< Assists >
7.7
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
171
< Minions Killed >
33
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.4
15,187
< Physical Damage >
15,872
6,976
< Magic Damage >
1,274
591
< True Damage >
1,300
22,755
< Damage Dealt >
18,447
20,821
< Damage Taken >
35,747
11,746
< Gold Earned >
12,205
2.16
< Towers >
1.32
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
5,410
< Total Healing >
16,998
12,691
< Experience >
13,891
16
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
96
< Time Dealing CC >
539

How to Counter Nocturne with Ezreal in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some significant Ezreal vs. Nocturne counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..

Ezreal often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ezreal and Nocturne

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Nocturne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Nocturne

Who is Better, Ezreal or Nocturne?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when facing off against Nocturne, with a 45.3% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a bad counter to Nocturne.

While Ezreal does have a much lower win rate than Nocturne, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Nocturneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ezreal has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Ezreal is a terribly counter for Nocturne. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Nocturne.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal vs Nocturne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nocturne as Ezreal, we analyzed 12,295 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nocturne as Ezreal comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ezreal 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal most often racks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Ezreal versus Nocturne build include Muramana, Frozen Heart, and Maw of Malmortius. When Ezreal combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Nocturne than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average win rate of 45.3% when countering Nocturne with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of crushing Nocturne as Ezreal, Ezreal players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Ezreal vs Nocturne LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.3% win rate overall.

If you need to see Ezreal x Nocturne tips and counter stats for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are calculated using every round completed with these champions.