Kayle vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Kayle
based on 6,201 Kayle vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Nocturne
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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!
Kayle vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Kayle against Nocturne matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Kayle usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Kayle or Nocturne?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nocturne, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Kayle does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Nocturneas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle 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 facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle in order to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle often accumulates much more CS as Nocturne. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kayle versus Nocturne build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Kayle bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Nocturne than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Nocturne with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Nocturne as Kayle, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kayle vs Nocturne counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Kayle are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.