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.
Keep your distance to avoid being Flung back into Singed's allies.
Singed needs to run close to your team to be effective. Try to take advantage of this by using crowd control effects on him while attacking his allies.
Be careful when chasing Singed. He's very difficult to bring down, and can leave his Poison Trail to damage you in your pursuit.
The stats shown here feature some strategic Nocturne vs. Singed matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Singed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Singed..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Singed. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually loses when facing off against Singed, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a bad counter for Singed.
While Nocturne does have a lower win rate than Singed, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Nocturne into Singed.
Moreover, Nocturne also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Singed. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Singed matchups, Singed is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a trash counter for Singed. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Singed.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Singed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Singed. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Singed build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Singed than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 47.9% battling Singed with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Singed 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. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nocturne vs Singed counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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