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.
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Nocturne against Veigar matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Veigar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Veigar, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a great counter for Veigar.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Veigar, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Veigar.
Additionally, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Veigar 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 allied champions during team fights.
Nocturne is a great counter for Veigar. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Veigar.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Veigar. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Veigar build consist of Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Veigar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 53.8% battling Veigar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Veigar 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 sets we have analyed for Nocturne vs Veigar battles, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Nocturne are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.