Nocturne with Master Yi
How to Synergize Nocturne and Master Yi
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Nocturne Master Yi Synergy Summary
Best Nocturne vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nocturne and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Nocturne with Master Yi
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 Understand How Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Nocturne Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Nocturne in LoL
The Nocturne Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nocturne sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Master Yi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Master Yi helps Nocturne perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nocturne is paired with Master Yi, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This change could signal that Master Yi provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nocturne is played with Master Yi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Master Yi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Master Yi.
Additionally, when Nocturne plays with Master Yi on the same side, he on average receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Nocturne in teamfights.
Synergies between Nocturne and Master Yi
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Is Nocturne better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no ideal synergy for Nocturne that will always be his top ally. Yet, Master Yi is a terrible ally for Nocturne. By being on the same side as Nocturne, he decreases their win rate by -4.1% to 47.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Nocturne and Master Yi that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Master Yi has a lower difficulty than Nocturne. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Master Yi allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Nocturne players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Nocturne and Master Yi together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of support. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Master Yi ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to pair well with Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to include in your Nocturne and Master Yi synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Master Yi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 47.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, 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 combinations players used for Nocturne and Master Yi pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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