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How to Win Shaco vs Nocturne Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Nocturne

How to Beat Nocturne as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nocturne as Shaco

based on 7,950 Shaco vs Nocturne matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
5.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. In our data, Shaco engaged Nocturne in 7950 matches. Having so many matchups for Shaco versus Nocturne gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare useful stats and a solid build to shatter your opponent. This champ pairing is fairly uncommon. Shaco encounters Nocturne in only 5.9% of his games.

Shaco vs Nocturne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a below average job of countering Nocturne. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Shaco against Nocturne games, Shaco’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Nocturne.

Best Shaco vs Nocturne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
MorellonomiconZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Guardian AngelImperial MandateCosmic DriveEssence Reaver

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
>
Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Nocturne as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Nocturne

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Advice to Win Against Nocturne

Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.

Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!

Shaco vs Nocturne Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Nocturne Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.8
6.4
< Deaths >
6.8
8.5
< Assists >
7.7
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
37
< Minions Killed >
36
1.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.41
7,714
< Physical Damage >
16,575
10,078
< Magic Damage >
1,336
1,688
< True Damage >
1,271
19,481
< Damage Dealt >
19,184
26,932
< Damage Taken >
37,483
11,647
< Gold Earned >
12,687
1.15
< Towers >
1.33
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
9,201
< Total Healing >
17,166
13,487
< Experience >
14,435
31
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
7
614
< Time Dealing CC >
553

How to Counter Nocturne with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some influential Shaco versus Nocturne counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..

Shaco often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Shaco and Nocturne

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Nocturne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Nocturne

Who is Better, Shaco or Nocturne?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a bad counter to Nocturne.

While Shaco does have a lower win rate than Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Shaco into Nocturneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Shaco is a terribly counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Nocturne.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

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Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Nocturne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nocturne as Shaco, we analyzed 7,950 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 Nocturne as Shaco 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

Shaco Build Nocturne Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Shaco in order to counter Nocturne 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 tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nocturne. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Shaco versus Nocturne build consist of Morellonomicon, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Shaco bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Nocturne than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 47.6% battling Nocturne with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Nocturne as Shaco, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Shaco vs Nocturne counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Shaco are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.