Nocturne Build Guide

Nocturne Build

Table of Contents

1

Summoner spells

2

Runes

3

Masteries

4

Skill order + Abilities

5

Build Examples + Items

6

Jungle path

7

Pro / Contra

8

Notes

9

• Summoner spells

  Smite there is no other option since you are jungling
  Flash my favorite but you can also use
  Ghost, Cleanse or Exhaust

• Runes

  2x Greater Mark of Alacrity, 7x Greater Mark of Desolation
  9x Greater Seal of Resilience
  9x Greater Glyph of Shielding
  1x Greater Quintessence of Alacrity, 2x Greater Quintessence of Desolation
  
  

• Masteries

• Skill order + Abilities

  
  
  Duskbringer gives your extra damage and mobility
  Unspeakable Horror necessary for succesful ganks
  Shroud of Darkness build in banshee's veil+attack speed which helps a lot early game
  Paranoia makes nocturne one of the best gankers in the game because you can gank even if the bushes are warded

• Build Examples + Items

  Core items:
  1. Wriggle's Lantern necessary for jungling
  2. Mercury's Treads against cc
  3. Youmuu's Ghostblade nice speedbuff which makes it really easy with Duskbringer to stick to a target even if it flashes
  
  Standard build against a balanced ad/ap team
  
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  Other possible items:
  
  Frozen Mallet instead of Warmog's Armor
  Guardian Angel if they kill u too fast
  Infinity Edge a possible replacement for Youmuu's Ghostblade in late game

• Jungle path

  1. Start with Vampiric Scepter at the wolves
  2. Wraiths: Smite blue/big one as soon as you come around the corner and immediately skill Shroud of Darkness
  3. Small golems be careful because your hp will be quite low
  4. Recall and buy Boots of Speed and one Health Potion
  5. Wolves again
  6. Wraiths save Smite
  7. Red buff use Smite
  8. Small golems your hp will be really low again so watch out that you are not ganked
  9. Recall and buy Long Sword
  10. Blue buff use Smite
  11. Wolves
  12. Wraiths
  13. Small Golems
  
  Now you are level 6 and can start ganking but you can also gank during those steps but your ganks will be a lot more succesful on lvl 6 and care that you dont donate a buff to the enemy especially blue buff to a caster on mid lane for example because it will make it a lot harder for your mid lane to keep up.
  
  DONT FORGET TO GIVE THE BUFFS TO YOUR CARRIES MID GAME AND LATE GAME!!!

• Pro / Contra

  +Great ganks with ulti
  +Pretty much immune to cc witch Shroud of Darkness and Banshee's Veil
  +deals a lot of damage without going down instantly
  +ability to focus the carry even if he is to far away for all other melees
  
  -vulnerable to counter jungle
  -really low hp after finishing your jungle path

• Notes

  I wrote this guide in one hour and it is far from perfect. I might add a replay so you can see the jungle path.
  
  22/8/2011 guide published