Nocturne

The Eternal Nightmare

Fighter / Assassin · Mana · Melee

About

Nocturne, the Eternal Nightmare, is a fighter and assassin champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 4 out of 10: a champion of medium difficulty.

Compared with other champions, Nocturne starts with average HP (640), above average armor (36) and average move speed (345). Attack range is 125 units.

Nocturne has 10 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack9

Defense5

Magic2

Difficulty4

Abilities

Passive · Umbra 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.
Q · Duskbringer
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: 8s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80
W · Shroud 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: 20/18/16/14/12s · Cost: 50
E · Unspeakable 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: 15/14/13/12/11s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80
R (Ultimate) · Paranoia
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: 160/130/100s · Cost: 100

Tips for playing 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.

Tips for 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.

Base stats

HP: 640 (+109 per level)
Mana: 275 (+35 per level)
Armor: 36 (+4.2 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+1.55 per level)
Attack damage: 62
Attack speed: 0.721 (+2.7 per level)
Move speed: 345
Range: 125

Lore

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. After freeing itself from the spirit realm, Nocturne descended upon the waking world, to feed upon the kind of terror that can only thrive in true darkness.