Nocturne
The Eternal Nightmare
A demonic amalgamation drawn from the nightmares that haunt every sentient mind, the thing known as Nocturne has become a primordial force of pure evil. It is liquidly chaotic in aspect, a faceless shadow with cold eyes and armed with wicked-looking blades.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site
Nocturne
Overview
On patch 16.21, Nocturne is rated B tier in the jungle, winning 49.6% of 4,862 ranked games with a 5% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Hail of Blades with Flash and Smite and builds Axiom Arc, Experimental Hexplate, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Plated Steelcaps.
Nocturne struggles most against Volibear (38.3%), Zac (39.5%), and Sejuani (41%) and does best against Darius (66.7%), Karthus (65.6%), and Malphite (62.1%).
Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 4,862 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate
49.6%
Win rate
5%
Pick rate
4.9K
Games
16.21
Patch
Playing as Nocturne
- 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.
- Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Playing against Nocturne
- Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
- Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
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Matchups
Abilities
PUmbra Blades
Every few seconds, Nocturne's next attack strikes surrounding enemies for bonus physical damage and heals himself. Nocturne's basic attacks reduce this cooldown.
QDuskbringer
Nocturne throws a shadow blade that deals damage, leaves a Dusk Trail, and causes champions to leave a Dusk Trail. While on the trail, Nocturne can move through units and has increased Move Speed and Attack Damage.
Cooldown: 8Cost: 60/65/70/75/80Range: 1125
WShroud of Darkness
Nocturne empowers his blades, passively gaining Attack Speed. Activating Shroud of Darkness allows Nocturne to fade into the shadows, creating a magical barrier which blocks a single enemy ability and doubles his passive Attack Speed if successful.
Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12Cost: 50Range: 20
EUnspeakable Horror
Nocturne plants a nightmare into his target's mind, dealing damage each second and applying fear to the target if they do not get out of range by the end of the duration.
Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11Cost: 60/65/70/75/80Range: 425
RParanoia
Nocturne reduces the sight radius of all enemy champions and removes their ally vision in the process. He can then launch himself at a nearby enemy champion.
Cooldown: 160/130/100Cost: 100Range: 2500/3250/4000
Skins
Frozen Terror Nocturne
Void Nocturne
Ravager Nocturne
Haunting Nocturne
Eternum Nocturne
Cursed Revenant Nocturne
Old God Nocturne
Hextech Nocturne
Broken Covenant Nocturne
Empyrean Nocturne