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.
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Nocturne against Jarvan IV matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between these two champions. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jarvan IV..
Nocturne often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jarvan IV. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Jarvan IV, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter for Jarvan IV.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Jarvan IV.
Additionally, Nocturne also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Jarvan IV matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Jarvan IV.
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Jarvan IV build include Experimental Hexplate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Jarvan IV than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Jarvan IV as Nocturne, you should use 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 players picked for Nocturne vs Jarvan IV clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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