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How to Win Nocturne vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupNocturne is in the a tier of champions

Nocturne vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Nocturne in LoLNocturne is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Rek'Sai as Nocturne

based on 943 Nocturne vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.51
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Rek'Sai as Nocturne came out of an examination of 943 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Nocturne encounters Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of his matches.

Nocturne vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Nocturne has done a good job of beating Rek'Sai. Typically, he wins a whopping 52.5% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Nocturne vs Rek'Sai games, Nocturne’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Nocturne vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Nocturne Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateEdge of NightEclipse

Optional Items

Axiom ArcBlack CleaverDeath's DanceYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nocturne to level upq
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Second ability for Nocturne to level upe
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Last skill for Nocturne to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nocturne's passive ability p
Nocturne's q ability q
Nocturne's w ability w
Nocturne's e ability e
Nocturne's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Nocturne

Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Rek'Sai

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 Win Against Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Nocturne vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Nocturne Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Rek'Sai Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.3
6.3
< Deaths >
6.8
8.3
< Assists >
7.7
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
34
< Minions Killed >
39
1.61
< Dragons Killed >
1.27
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.43
16,073
< Physical Damage >
14,157
1,328
< Magic Damage >
82
1,314
< True Damage >
3,480
18,716
< Damage Dealt >
17,720
35,727
< Damage Taken >
36,308
12,386
< Gold Earned >
12,012
1.41
< Towers >
1.45
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
16,682
< Total Healing >
16,812
13,978
< Experience >
13,723
22
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
7
544
< Time Dealing CC >
282

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Nocturne in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some valuable Nocturne vs. Rek'Sai matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai..

Nocturne normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rek'Sai. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nocturne and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Nocturne
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nocturne
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Nocturne or Rek'Sai?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter for Rek'Sai.

While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Rek'Sai.

Furthermore, Nocturne also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Rek'Sai matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Nocturne is an above average counter for Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne

Nocturne Loses Against

LilliaLillia46.3% winrateTaricTaric47.6% winrateSingedSinged47.9% winrateRakanRakan48% winrate

Nocturne Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.9% winrateYuumiYuumi58.5% winrateHweiHwei56.3% winrateQiyanaQiyana55.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 55.3% 4956 GamesNilahNilah+ 55.5% 3254 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.9% 28252 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.2% 995 Games

Additional Information for Nocturne Players

How We Calculated Our Nocturne vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Nocturne, we analyzed 943 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rek'Sai as Nocturne comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Nocturne Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nocturne often racks up a similar amount of CS as Rek'Sai. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Rek'Sai build include Experimental Hexplate, Edge of Night, and Eclipse. When Nocturne bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Rek'Sai as Nocturne, Nocturne players 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 builds players chose for Nocturne vs Rek'Sai LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.

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