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!
The stat comparisons shown here show several critical Nilah vs. Nocturne matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Nilah normally has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Typically, they takes less damage than Nocturne. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when taking on Nocturne, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes an ok counter for Nocturne.
While Nilah does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Nocturneas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Nocturne.
If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah usually racks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nilah versus Nocturne build include Guardian Angel, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah combined at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Nocturne than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Nocturne with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Nocturne as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Nilah vs Nocturne face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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