Nocturne vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Nocturne
based on 9,799 Nocturne vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Aatrox
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Nocturne vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Nocturne vs. Aatrox counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Nocturne usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Aatrox. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Aatrox?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aatrox, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Aatrox.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Aatrox, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Aatrox.
Furthermore, Nocturne has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This 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 Nocturne vs Aatrox matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Aatrox. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aatrox. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Aatrox build include Chempunk Chainsword, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Aatrox than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Aatrox with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Aatrox as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Nocturne vs Aatrox counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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