Nocturne vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Nocturne
based on 6,367 Nocturne vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Ahri
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 Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Nocturne vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Nocturne against Ahri matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ahri..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ahri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Ahri
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Ahri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter to Ahri.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Ahri, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Ahri.
Moreover, Nocturne also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Ahri matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nocturne is a good counter to Ahri. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Ahri 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Ahri. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Nocturne versus Ahri build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Ahri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Ahri with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Ahri as Nocturne, Nocturne players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Nocturne vs Ahri counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.
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