Nocturne·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nocturne Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Profane Hydra as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Axiom Arc. For your last 3 items, you should build The Collector, Serylda's Grudge and finish with Opportunity. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 50.5% winrate over 101 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nocturne Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Profane Hydra, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Experimental Hexplate as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Axiom Arc, Edge of Night and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 49.3% win rate over 75 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Stridebreaker as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Experimental Hexplate as a third item. You want to finish the build with Kraken Slayer, Black Cleaver and Frozen Heart. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 45.9% win rate across 61 matches played.

Situational Nocturne Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Nocturne build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.