Nocturne·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nocturne Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Armor 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 Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Guardian Angel and finish with Maw of Malmortius. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 55.0% winrate over 96 365 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nocturne Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite 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 Armor in defense. The items for the build are Duskblade of Draktharr, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Axiom Arc as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Prowler's Claw, Serylda's Grudge and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.0% win rate over 6 111 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Armor as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Stridebreaker as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Guardian Angel and Chempunk Chainsword. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 55.2% win rate across 4 239 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nocturne Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Armor as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Axiom Arc as third item. The last 3 options are Prowler's Claw, Serylda's Grudge and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.3% win rate over 3 714 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.