HecarimVSNocturne
What decides the jungle matchup: Hecarim vs Nocturne in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Hecarim
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
Window: before four minutes
Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him.
Nocturne
jungle · Farming scaler
Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six.
He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult.
Nocturne junglers full-clear to six, then Paranoia deletes overextended lanes; early aggression is free, post-6 overextension is not.
Hecarim vs Nocturne: Common Questions
- Who wins Hecarim vs Nocturne?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Hecarim against Nocturne to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up. Nocturne: He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult.
- How do you play the Hecarim Nocturne matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between an early ganker and a farming scaler. Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him. Nocturne junglers full-clear to six, then Paranoia deletes overextended lanes; early aggression is free, post-6 overextension is not.
- What should I know about Nocturne vs Hecarim?
- Nocturne is a farming scaler: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Hecarim is an early ganker: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Nocturne: He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
- How do I beat Nocturne as Hecarim?
- Nocturne junglers full-clear to six, then Paranoia deletes overextended lanes; early aggression is free, post-6 overextension is not. He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Nocturne you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.