Nocturne with Olaf
How to Synergize Nocturne and Olaf
based on 1,535 Nocturne with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nocturne Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Nocturne vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nocturne and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Nocturne with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Nocturne Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Nocturne in LoL
The Nocturne Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Olaf. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Olaf helps Nocturne perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nocturne is paired with Olaf, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Olaf does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nocturne is played together with Olaf on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Olaf.
Additionally, when Nocturne plays with Olaf on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Olaf does a decent job of protecting Nocturne during teamfights.
Synergies between Nocturne and Olaf
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Is Nocturne better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Nocturne that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Olaf is a relatively poor ally for Nocturne. By locking into the same side as Nocturne, he lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Nocturne and Olaf that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Nocturne. That means Nocturne players don't need to be careful when lining up Olaf allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, Nocturne players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Nocturne and Olaf together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much AP. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Olaf ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nocturne in order to work well with Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Nocturne and Olaf synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Eclipse. When Nocturne incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Olaf than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when playing alongside Olaf with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nocturne and Olaf pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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