Nocturne vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Nocturne
based on 11,232 Nocturne vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Nocturne vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Nocturne against Master Yi matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Nocturne usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Master Yi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Master Yi.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate compared to Master Yi, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Nocturne has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Master Yi matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Master Yi. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Master Yi build consist of Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Master Yi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Master Yi 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. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nocturne vs Master Yi counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.1% winrate overall.
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