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 Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand 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 Health Scaling 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 Experimental Hexplate. For your last 3 items, you should build Black Cleaver, Eclipse and finish with Maw of Malmortius. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 55.3% winrate over 48 460 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 Press the Attack 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 Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Stridebreaker, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Experimental Hexplate as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Black Cleaver, Eclipse and Maw of Malmortius. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.1% win rate over 6 446 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 Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Experimental Hexplate as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Stridebreaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.7% win rate across 4 106 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, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Profane Hydra as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Axiom Arc as third item. The last 3 options are Edge of Night, Eclipse and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.6% win rate over 2 273 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.