Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
The Lee Sin Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lee Sin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nocturne. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nocturne helps Lee Sin perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lee Sin plays on the same team as Nocturne, he gets a great improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Nocturne supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played with Nocturne on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nocturne.
Additionally, when Lee Sin plays with Nocturne on the same team, he on average receives much less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Nocturne does a decent job of protecting Lee Sin during team fights.
There is no one best synergy for Lee Sin that will always be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Nocturne is a decent ally for Lee Sin. By locking into the same team as Lee Sin, he improves their win rate by 2.7% to 50.0%. This proves that there is pretty good bond between Lee Sin and Nocturne that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Nocturne has a lower difficulty than Lee Sin. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Nocturne allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Lee Sin players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Lee Sin and Nocturne together, you will not be granting your team much magic damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nocturne ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to pair well with Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Lee Sin and Nocturne synergy build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Profane Hydra. When Lee Sin included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Nocturne than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 50.0% helping carry Nocturne with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Lee Sin players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Nocturne with Lee Sin are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.