NidaleeVSNocturne
What decides the jungle matchup: Nidalee 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.
Nidalee
jungle · Jungle invader
Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing.
She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
Window: before three minutes
Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing.
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.
Nidalee vs Nocturne: Common Questions
- Who wins Nidalee vs Nocturne?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Nidalee 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. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. Nocturne: He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult.
- How do you play the Nidalee Nocturne matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between a jungle invader and a farming scaler. Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing. 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 Nidalee?
- Nocturne is a farming scaler: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Nidalee is a jungle invader: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. Nocturne: He barely ganks before six. Push early, then hug tower the second he hits ult. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
- How do I beat Nocturne as Nidalee?
- 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.