Maokai vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Maokai
based on 8,272 Maokai vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Nocturne
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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!
Maokai vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several significant Maokai vs. Nocturne counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nocturne. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Maokai or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nocturne, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Nocturne.
Furthermore, Maokai has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Nocturne matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a decent counter to Nocturne. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Nocturne. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Nocturne build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Nocturne than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Nocturne as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Maokai vs Nocturne matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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