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.
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Nocturne against Evelynn matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Evelynn..
Nocturne often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Evelynn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Evelynn, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Evelynn.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate than Evelynn, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Evelynn.
Additionally, Nocturne has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Evelynn 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 late stage team fights.
Nocturne is an above average counter to Evelynn. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Evelynn.
To truly master Nocturne to counter Evelynn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually picks up more CS as Evelynn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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 reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nocturne versus Evelynn build include Maw of Malmortius, Edge of Night, and Eclipse. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Evelynn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Evelynn with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Evelynn as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nocturne vs Evelynn fights, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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