Nocturne with Xerath
How to Synergize Nocturne and Xerath
based on 8,725 Nocturne with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nocturne Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Nocturne vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nocturne and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Nocturne with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Nocturne Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Nocturne in LoL
The Nocturne Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xerath helps Nocturne perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nocturne is paired with Xerath, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Xerath helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nocturne is played together with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xerath.
Moreover, when Nocturne plays with Xerath on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of covering Nocturne during team fights.
Synergies between Nocturne and Xerath
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Is Nocturne better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no one best ally for Nocturne that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, Xerath is a decent companion for Nocturne. By being on the same team as Nocturne, he increases their win rate by 1.7% to 53.5%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Nocturne and Xerath that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Nocturne. That means Nocturne players need to be very careful when arranging Xerath teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, Nocturne players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Nocturne and Xerath together, you may not be providing your side very much support. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne in order to synergize with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Nocturne and Xerath synergy build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Death's Dance. When Nocturne included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Xerath than with many other common builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 53.5% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip 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 sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.5% winrate overall.
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