Nocturne vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Nocturne
based on 3,525 Nocturne vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Nocturne vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Nocturne against Xayah counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..
Nocturne usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Xayah
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Xayah?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Xayah.
Furthermore, Nocturne has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Xayah matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Nocturne versus Xayah build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 51.5% battling Xayah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Xayah as Nocturne, 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 rune combinations players chose for Nocturne vs Xayah clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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