Irelia vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Irelia
based on 5,405 Irelia vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Nocturne
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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!
Irelia vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Irelia versus Nocturne matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Irelia normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Irelia or Nocturne?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Irelia does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Irelia into Nocturne.
Moreover, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Irelia is a terribly counter for Nocturne. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia in order 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia most often gets much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Nocturne build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Nocturne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 47.8% battling Nocturne with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Nocturne as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Irelia vs Nocturne fights, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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