Nocturne·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nocturne Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic 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 Stridebreaker as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 43.8% winrate over 176 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Celerity in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Phantom Dancer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Hullbreaker, Rapid Firecannon and Profane Hydra. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.4% win rate across 77 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nocturne Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Absolute Focus as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Profane Hydra as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Voltaic Cyclosword as third item. The last 3 options are Axiom Arc, The Collector and Blade of The Ruined King. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 59.7% win rate over 62 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.