Graves vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Graves
based on 8,909 Graves vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Nocturne Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Graves Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Nocturne as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Nocturne
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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!
Graves vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Graves in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Graves against Nocturne counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Graves often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Nocturne
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Graves or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a bad counter for Nocturne.
While Graves does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Nocturne.
Additionally, Graves also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Nocturne.
Other Champion Matchups Against Graves
Additional Information for Graves Players
How We Calculated Our Graves vs Nocturne Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually racks up more CS as Nocturne. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Graves versus Nocturne build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Nocturne than with most other common builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Nocturne with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Nocturne as Graves, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Graves vs Nocturne face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Graves are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.