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 Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Jack Of All Trades in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Stridebreaker as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Kaenic Rookern, Blade of The Ruined King and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 59.0% winrate over 105 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nocturne Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Demolish with Bone Plating 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 Stridebreaker, which you should build first, followed by Symbiotic Soles as your second item and Blade of The Ruined King as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Edge of Night, Manamune and Mortal Reminder. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 62.1% win rate over 87 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Grisly Mementos 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 Black Cleaver, Serpent's Fang and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 64.9% win rate across 74 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nocturne Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Waterwalking as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Axiom Arc as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Stridebreaker as third item. The last 3 options are Blade of The Ruined King, Guardian Angel and Maw of Malmortius. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.9% win rate over 57 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.