Lee SinVSNocturne
What decides the jungle matchup: Lee Sin 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.
Lee Sin
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle.
Window: before three minutes
Lee Sin's red-buff level-3 gank arrives around 3:00; a frozen or centered wave denies the ward-hop angle behind you.
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.
Lee Sin vs Nocturne: Common Questions
- Who wins Lee Sin vs Nocturne?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Lee Sin 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. Lee Sin: He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle. Nocturne: He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult.
- How do you play the Lee Sin Nocturne matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between an early ganker and a farming scaler. Lee Sin's red-buff level-3 gank arrives around 3:00; a frozen or centered wave denies the ward-hop angle behind you. 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 Lee Sin?
- Nocturne is a farming scaler: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Lee Sin 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. Lee Sin: He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle.
- How do I beat Nocturne as Lee Sin?
- 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.