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.
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several strategic Nocturne vs. Corki matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Corki’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Corki..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Corki. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when trying to fight Corki, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Corki.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Corki, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Corki.
Additionally, Nocturne has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Corki. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Corki 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Nocturne is a good counter to Corki. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Corki.
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Corki. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Nocturne versus Corki build include Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Corki than with most other common builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Corki with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Corki as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take 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 Corki battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.3% winrate overall.
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