# Nocturne Counters Who counters Nocturne? Best and worst picks against Nocturne by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Nocturne in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) ## Page Content [Nocturne guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) [Play against Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/how-to-play-against/) [Nocturne counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/counters/) Best and worst picks against Nocturne in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Jax, Bel'Veth and Wukong beat Nocturne most often. Talon, Zed and Kha'Zix win the laning phase against Nocturne by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Nocturne Highest win rate versus Nocturne in Jungle. - 1 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 656 games 56.4% - 2 [Bel'Veth](https://baronbuff.com/champions/belveth/) 345 games 55.6% - 3 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 1,169 games 55.4% - 4 [Skarner](https://baronbuff.com/champions/skarner/) 172 games 54.1% - 5 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 271 games 53.9% - 6 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 810 games 53.3% - 7 [Rammus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rammus/) 399 games 53.1% - 8 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 1,358 games 53.0% - 9 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 763 games 52.7% - 10 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 663 games 52.6% - 11 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 599 games 52.6% - 12 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 1,331 games 52.1% - 13 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 312 games 51.9% - 14 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 1,160 games 51.0% ## Worst picks against Nocturne Lowest win rate versus Nocturne in Jungle. - 1 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 169 games 38.5% - 2 [Ivern](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ivern/) 107 games 40.2% - 3 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 425 games 43.5% - 4 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 120 games 45.0% - 5 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 953 games 45.4% - 6 [Nunu & Willump](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nunu/) 357 games 46.2% - 7 [Evelynn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/evelynn/) 457 games 46.4% - 8 [Fiddlesticks](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiddlesticks/) 367 games 46.6% - 9 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 645 games 46.8% - 10 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 794 games 47.2% - 11 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 2,459 games 47.3% - 12 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 302 games 47.4% - 13 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 1,899 games 47.4% - 14 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 790 games 47.6% - 15 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 1,409 games 47.9% ## Best lane counters vs Nocturne Largest gold lead over Nocturne at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 337 games +317 - 2 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 190 games +293 - 3 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 381 games +279 - 4 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 738 games +273 - 5 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 928 games +124 - 6 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 1,147 games +107 - 7 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 215 games +98 - 8 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 1,098 games +89 - 9 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 111 games +56 - 10 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 359 games +56 - 11 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 256 games +53 - 12 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 164 games +45 - 13 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 170 games +42 - 14 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 184 games +38 - 15 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 388 games +6 ## How to play against Nocturne Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Track his level-six timing and back off from deep trades before R can punish your lane position. - Pressure waves before his first clear spike so he cannot shove and roam without losing minions. - Group before entering fog when R is available; isolated rotations give him the first target. - Force objectives immediately when he is dead or R is down, because his map threat is what delays starts. - Stay close enough to peel the first R target instead of scattering during the nearsight. ## Where Nocturne is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Nocturne's ultimate isolates one target, but grouped teams can collapse on his landing point immediately. - His dive has limited exit options, so failed fear setups leave him stranded inside enemy formation. ## Nocturne counters: questions ### Who counters Nocturne in Jungle? At Gold+, Jax (56.4%), Bel'Veth (55.6%) and Wukong (55.4%) have the highest win rates against Nocturne. ### Who does Nocturne counter? Nocturne wins most often against Trundle (38.5%), Ivern (40.2%) and Rengar (43.5%). ### Who wins lane against Nocturne? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Talon (+317), Zed (+293) and Kha'Zix (+279) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Nocturne. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Talon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/counters/) - [Zed counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)