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How to Win Nocturne vs K'Sante Counter MatchupNocturne is in the a tier of champions

Nocturne vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Nocturne in LoLNocturne is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Nocturne

based on 3,049 Nocturne vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Nocturne came out of an examination of 3049 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This pairing is somewhat rare. Nocturne encounters K'Sante in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Nocturne vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Nocturne does a good job of countering K'Sante. On average, he wins a terrific 53.8% of games the champs fight one another in. In Nocturne versus K'Sante games, Nocturne’s side is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Nocturne vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNoonquiver

Core Nocturne Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateMaw of MalmortiusAxiom Arc

Optional Items

Guardian AngelTitanic HydraSerylda's GrudgeProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nocturne to level upq
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Second ability for Nocturne to level upe
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Last skill for Nocturne to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nocturne's passive ability p
Nocturne's q ability q
Nocturne's w ability w
Nocturne's e ability e
Nocturne's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Nocturne

Tips for Playing as Nocturne against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Nocturne vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Nocturne Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
K'Sante Image
7.2
< Kills >
4.9
6
< Deaths >
5.6
8
< Assists >
6.2
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
32
< Minions Killed >
170
1.51
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
15,439
< Physical Damage >
13,945
1,256
< Magic Damage >
3,568
1,309
< True Damage >
1,561
18,005
< Damage Dealt >
19,075
35,075
< Damage Taken >
31,011
12,036
< Gold Earned >
10,968
1.35
< Towers >
2.03
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
16,736
< Total Healing >
4,793
13,660
< Experience >
14,825
22
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
535
< Time Dealing CC >
1,074

How to Counter K'Sante with Nocturne in LoL

The stats provided here show several valuable Nocturne vs. K'Sante matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than K'Sante..

Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than K'Sante. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nocturne and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Nocturne
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nocturne
K'Sante

Who is Better, Nocturne or K'Sante?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against K'Sante, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a great counter for K'Sante.

While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into K'Sante.

Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs K'Sante 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Nocturne is a great counter for K'Sante. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Nocturne Players

How We Calculated Our Nocturne vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Nocturne, we analyzed 3,049 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter K'Sante as Nocturne comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nocturne often gets a lot less CS relative to K'Sante. Champs who on average don't acquire 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Nocturne versus K'Sante build include Experimental Hexplate, Maw of Malmortius, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs K'Sante than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 53.8% battling K'Sante with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating K'Sante as Nocturne, Nocturne players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nocturne vs K'Sante counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Nocturne are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.