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.
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Nocturne versus Sivir matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Nocturne typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Sivir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Sivir, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter to Sivir.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Sivir, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nocturne into Sivir.
Additionally, Nocturne also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Sivir matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nocturne is an above average counter for Sivir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Sivir.
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Sivir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Sivir. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Sivir build include Experimental Hexplate, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Sivir than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Sivir with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Sivir 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nocturne vs Sivir face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
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