Nocturne

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Comp identity — Jungle

Leans Catch — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 80%
Attackworkable · 30%
Splitforced · 20%
Nocturne creates the picks that turn games into 4v5s. Enough Attack and Split sits in the kit to fight front-to-back when the enemy forces it. Passive Umbra Blades empowers periodic basic attacks into a cleave that heals him per enemy hit (13-32 + 30% AP).

Kit quirks

Passive Umbra Blades empowers periodic basic attacks into a cleave that heals him per enemy hit (13-32 + 30% AP)
W (Shroud of Darkness) is a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and doubles his attack speed for 5s on a successful block
R (Paranoia) applies global nearsight to all enemies and lets him dash to any champion on the map with displacement immunity on the dash

How Nocturne actually performs in ranked solo queue · 39 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Jungle50% WR · 34.4 games
Top52% WR · 3.3 games
Mid50% WR · 0.8 games
Support50% WR · 0.1 games

Strongest duos

Not enough paired games yet.

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Nocturne's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Nocturne beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Mountain (Earth)51%vs 59% avg-9pp55g

Cloud66%vs 60% avg+6pp50g

Hextech51%vs 62% avg-11pp49g

Ocean63%vs 63% avg+1pp49g

Infernal54%vs 60% avg-6pp41g

Chemtech55%vs 62% avg-7pp38g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Nocturne — The Eternal Nightmare

Class: Assassin
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Positions: Jungle
Released: 2011-03-15 (V1.0.0.113)
Last changed: V26.19
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	640	+109	2493
Health regen (per 5s)	7	+0.75	19.75
Mana	275	+35	870
Mana regen (per 5s)	7	+0.45	14.65
Armor	36	+4.2	107.4
Magic resist	32	+1.55	58.35
Attack damage	62	+2.6	106.2
Attack speed	0.721	+2.7%	1.052
Attack speed ratio	0.721
Attack range	125
Movement speed	345

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 155
Selection radius: 120
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.0995

ARAM: damage dealt ×1.1 · damage taken ×0.9 · healing ×1.2

One for All: damage dealt ×0.95

URF: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1

Abilities

Passive

Umbra Blades

Static cooldown: 12Effect radius: 360

Innate: Periodically, Nocturne empowers his next basic attack to slash in a circle, dealing 120% AD physical damage to the target and nearby enemies and healing himself for 13 – 32 (based on level) (+ 30% AP) per enemy hit. Against minions, Umbra Blades' damage to secondary targets and healing are reduced by 50% and it applies on-hit effects to all targets(unexpected) at 100% effectiveness.

Umbra Blades can critically strike against the primary target, modifying the physical damage dealt to「 (220% + 33%) AD. 」「 110% AD × total critical damage. 」

Basic attacks reduce Umbra Blades' cooldown by 1 second, increased to 3 against enemy champions and monsters.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: Blocked

Notes (4)

The primary target of the enhanced attack is dealt basic damage while the secondary targets of the slash are dealt proc damage.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures nor wards.
Basic attacks against them will still grant the cooldown reduction.
Parry effects will only block the damage dealt to the primary target.

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 9 seconds.

Duskbringer

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 ManaCooldown: 8Cast time: 0.25Range: 1200Effect radius: 150Width: 120Speed: 1600

Active: Nocturne casts out a shadow blade in the target direction that leaves a Dusk Trail in its wake, dealing physical damage to enemies hit. Enemy champions and large monsters hit will leave a Dusk Trail behind while moving. Dusk Trails last 5 seconds and will slowly disappear afterwards.

Physical damage: 65 / 105 / 145 / 185 / 225 (+ 85% bonus AD)

While on the Dusk Trail, Nocturne is ghosted and gains bonus attack damage and bonus total movement speed.

Bonus Attack Damage: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55
Bonus Movement Speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (8)

Duskbringer checks for and hits targets 25 units outside of the missile's maximum range.
Duskbringer's damage is not increased by the bonus AD gained from its trail, meaning that casting it again while on the trail from the last cast will not result in higher damage.
It is observed from seasons ago that this is intentionally hard-coded into the ability to avoid the projectile increasing its own damage. This feature is somewhat deprecated as it also limits chain-casting Duskbringer.
Duskbringer's Dusk Trail will expose the path of affected units until its duration ends. It is a form of obscured vision; the trail indirectly reveals the location of enemy units even in the fog of war, including those shrouded by stealth.
Spell shield will block the damage and also prevents the Dusk Trail from following the target.
The formed Dusk Trail does not disappear if Duskbringer is intercepted by Wind Wall or Unbreakable.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the start of the cast time.
The bonus movement speed stacks multiplicatively with other sources of movement speed boosts.

Shroud of Darkness

Cost: 50 ManaCooldown: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12Cast time: none

Passive: Nocturne gains bonus attack speed.

Bonus Attack Speed: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

Active: Nocturne gains a spell shield for 1.5 seconds. Upon successfully blocking a hostile effect, Shroud of Darkness' bonus attack speed is doubled for 5 seconds.

Enhanced Bonus Attack Speed: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100%

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self

Notes (1)

If Shroud of Darkness is active when Nocturne re-casts Paranoia to dash to a target, its duration is refreshed every 0.25 seconds during the dash.

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds.

Unspeakable Horror

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 manaCooldown: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11Cast time: noneTarget range: 425Effect radius: 1000Tether radius: 465

Passive: Nocturne gains 90% bonus movement speed while facing nearby feared targets.

Active: Nocturne torments the target, forming a tether between himself and the target for 2 seconds, during which the target takes magic damage every 0.5 seconds over the duration.

Total Magic Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+ 100% AP)
Magic Damage per Tick: 20 / 31.25 / 42.5 / 53.75 / 65 (+ 25% AP)

If the tether is not broken by the end of its duration, the target is feared for a duration while being slowed by 90%.

Disable Duration: 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 seconds

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (4)

Unspeakable Horror deals persistent damage, additionally tagged as indirect damage, and applies spell effects.
Feared enemies in a 180° total angle within Nocturne's facing direction will trigger Unspeakable Horror's passive.
Casting Unspeakable Horror may grant Nocturne permanent ghosting until he has died.(bug)
Spell shield will block the tether's application but not the damage and aftereffects of one already applied.

Paranoia

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 160 / 130 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 2500 / 3250 / 4000Effect radius: GlobalSpeed: 1800

Active: Nocturne terrorizes all enemy champions, nearsighting them for 6 seconds, during which their sight radius is reduced by 300 units. He can recast Paranoia for the same duration after 0.25 seconds.

Recast: Nocturne dashes with displacement immunity to the target enemy champion, dealing physical damage upon arrival.

Physical Damage: 150 / 275 / 400 (+ 120% bonus AD)

Nocturne can cast any of his abilities and item actives during the dash.

Targeting input: Auto / UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to cast (recast)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: See NotesKnockdown: Not Interrupted

Notes (13)

Nocturne will track the target if they change locations.
He will not stop tracking the target until he reaches them, as there is no maximum tracking distance.
Enemy players affected by Paranoia's nearsight cannot interact with the allied portrait icons on the HUD.
Paranoia's nearsight will apply to enemy champions that are untargetable or are dead, and will persist through death.
Nocturne can cast any of his abilities, summoner spells (excluding Hexflash), or item actives during flight.
Using a dash or blink ability will interrupt the flight.
The flight will also be interrupted if Nocturne is affected by a Blast Cone triggered by an allied champion.(bug)
Paranoia cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
Paranoia's nearsight does not apply to clones.
Players' screens will turn a different color when Paranoia is cast, based on their perspective: blue for allies and red for enemies.
If an existing player overlay is overwritten, it will not be added back once Paranoia ends. [1] (unexpected)
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest will activate immediately upon Paranoia's first cast. If the recast is used, the buff's duration is refreshed at the end of the dash.
A spell indicator telegraphed to Nocturne and his allies will be placed on all enemy champions within range of Paranoia's recast while the ability is active. The following images display the indicator for the default skin:

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Paranoia

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 160 / 130 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 2500 / 3250 / 4000Effect radius: GlobalSpeed: 1800

Recast: Nocturne dashes with displacement immunity to the target enemy champion, dealing physical damage upon arrival.

Physical Damage: 150 / 275 / 400 (+ 120% bonus AD)

Nocturne can cast any of his abilities and item actives during the dash.

Notes (13)

Nocturne will track the target if they change locations.
He will not stop tracking the target until he reaches them, as there is no maximum tracking distance.
Enemy players affected by Paranoia's nearsight cannot interact with the allied portrait icons on the HUD.
Paranoia's nearsight will apply to enemy champions that are untargetable or are dead, and will persist through death.
Nocturne can cast any of his abilities, summoner spells (excluding Hexflash), or item actives during flight.
Using a dash or blink ability will interrupt the flight.
The flight will also be interrupted if Nocturne is affected by a Blast Cone triggered by an allied champion.(bug)
Paranoia cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
Paranoia's nearsight does not apply to clones.
Players' screens will turn a different color when Paranoia is cast, based on their perspective: blue for allies and red for enemies.
If an existing player overlay is overwritten, it will not be added back once Paranoia ends. [1] (unexpected)
Experimental Hexplate's Overdrive, Fiendhunter Bolts' Opening Barrage, and Zeke's Convergence's Frostfire Tempest will activate immediately upon Paranoia's first cast. If the recast is used, the buff's duration is refreshed at the end of the dash.
A spell indicator telegraphed to Nocturne and his allies will be placed on all enemy champions within range of Paranoia's recast while the ability is active. The following images display the indicator for the default skin: