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How to Win Nocturne vs Sylas Counter MatchupNocturne is in the a tier of champions

Nocturne vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Nocturne in LoLNocturne is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Nocturne

based on 7,088 Nocturne vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Sylas as Nocturne resulted from an examination of 7088 ranked games where both champs battled each other. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Nocturne has to counter Sylas in only 3.4% of his matches.

Nocturne vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Nocturne has done a good job of beating Sylas. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.7% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Nocturne against Sylas matches, Nocturne’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Sylas.

Best Nocturne vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Nocturne Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverEclipseAxiom Arc

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSundered SkyStridebreakerProfane 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 ForceHealth Scaling
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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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Nocturne

Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Nocturne vs Sylas Counter Stats

Nocturne Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Sylas Image
7.7
< Kills >
8.2
6.4
< Deaths >
7.6
8.1
< Assists >
6.6
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
33
< Minions Killed >
122
1.48
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.36
16,371
< Physical Damage >
699
1,300
< Magic Damage >
21,299
1,261
< True Damage >
787
18,933
< Damage Dealt >
22,785
35,137
< Damage Taken >
30,833
12,227
< Gold Earned >
11,505
1.31
< Towers >
1.46
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
16,325
< Total Healing >
7,666
13,733
< Experience >
13,671
21
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
9
529
< Time Dealing CC >
318

How to Counter Sylas with Nocturne in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several strategic Nocturne against Sylas counter stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sylas..

Nocturne normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sylas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nocturne and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Nocturne
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nocturne
Sylas

Who is Better, Nocturne or Sylas?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when taking on Sylas, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter for Sylas.

While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Sylas.

Additionally, Nocturne has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Sylas 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 team fights.

Nocturne is an above average counter for Sylas. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne

Nocturne Loses Against

LilliaLillia46.3% winrateTaricTaric47.6% winrateSingedSinged47.9% winrateRakanRakan48% winrate

Nocturne Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.9% winrateYuumiYuumi58.5% winrateHweiHwei56.3% winrateQiyanaQiyana55.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 55.3% 4956 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.5% 3254 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.9% 28252 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.2% 995 Games

Additional Information for Nocturne Players

How We Calculated Our Nocturne vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Nocturne, we analyzed 7,088 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 Sylas 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nocturne Build Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nocturne typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Sylas. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale 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 situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Nocturne versus Sylas build consist of Black Cleaver, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Sylas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 52.7% battling Sylas with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Sylas as Nocturne, Nocturne players 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 sets that we analyzed for Nocturne vs Sylas counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.7% winrate overall.

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