Nocturne Jungle build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.7%
- Pick rate
- 5.4%
- Ban rate
- 9.9%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Domination
Sorcery
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
W
E
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Nocturne
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Nocturne wins 49.7% of games as Jungle on patch 16.17 (6,674 games).
- Most common core: Profane Hydra → Axiom Arc → Voltaic Cyclosword — 50% win rate over 14 games.
- Take Hail of Blades as keystone: picked in 26% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Gwen (72% over 18 games). Hardest: Elise (19% over 16 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 68.3% | 2% (120) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (60) | |
| 64.3% | 1% (42) | |
| 55.0% | 2% (151) | |
| 53.8% | 3% (173) | |
| 50.3% | 6% (394) | |
| 49.5% | 2% (101) | |
| 49.4% | 5% (336) | |
| 49.1% | 9% (615) | |
| 48.4% | 7% (486) | |
| 45.2% | 1% (73) | |
| 45.1% | 3% (204) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Domination 
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Precision
Domination
Domination +
Precision
Precision +
Domination
Keystones
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
47.6%5% pick
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Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
50.2%5% pick
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Lethal Tempo
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
45.4%2% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
46.2%0% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Smite
48.3%12% pick
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Exhaust + Smite
66.7%0% pick
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Smite + Ignite
66.7%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
46.8%62 games
Q
W
E
76.2%21 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → Q (43%), Q → W → E (58%), Q → E → W (50%).
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PUmbra BladesEvery few seconds, Nocturne's next attack strikes surrounding enemies for bonus physical damage and heals himself. Nocturne's basic attacks reduce this cooldown.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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RParanoiaNocturne 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.