Nocturne vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Nocturne
based on 7,636 Nocturne vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Nocturne vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Nocturne versus Tristana matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Tristana
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Tristana?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Tristana, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter to Tristana.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Tristana.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Tristana matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is an above average counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually gets a lot less CS relative to Tristana. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Tristana build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Tristana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 52.2% battling Tristana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Tristana as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Nocturne vs Tristana fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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