Nocturne vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Nocturne
based on 14,642 Nocturne vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Nocturne vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several valuable Nocturne versus Mordekaiser counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Mordekaiser..
Nocturne often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Mordekaiser. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Mordekaiser?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Mordekaiser, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes an ok counter to Mordekaiser.
While Nocturne does have a lower win rate than Mordekaiser, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Mordekaiser.
Additionally, Nocturne has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nocturne is a somewhat poor counter to Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically accumulates a lot less CS as Mordekaiser. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Nocturne versus Mordekaiser build include Experimental Hexplate, Eclipse, and Profane Hydra. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Mordekaiser than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Mordekaiser as Nocturne, you should use 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 players picked for Nocturne vs Mordekaiser fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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