Nocturne vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Nocturne
based on 5,405 Nocturne vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Nocturne vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Nocturne vs. Irelia counter statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Irelia
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Irelia?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Irelia, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes a good counter to Irelia.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Irelia.
Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Irelia matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a good counter to Irelia. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nocturne versus Irelia build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Irelia than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Irelia with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Irelia as Nocturne, Nocturne players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Nocturne vs Irelia fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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