Nocturne Jungle, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Nocturne's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Nocturne is an AD assassin in the jungle, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 53.4% win rate, 8.2% pick rate, 96,129 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Nocturne spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Nocturne wins: landing engage and starting fights on Nocturne's terms, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Nocturne tips the fight. The kit grades 8/10 engage, 7/10 teamfighting, 7/10 roaming. Nocturne's soft spots are siege and disengage (2/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Experimental Hexplate, Stridebreaker, Black Cleaver, which holds a 53.8% win rate across 7,149 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Karthus, where Nocturne sits at just 39.5%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (60.9%), and on the team side, Nocturne gains the most from a Kayle (+12.0% pair win rate).
Nocturne's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Nocturne Jungle's worst matchups on patch 16.11, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
The teammates that make Nocturne Jungle stronger this patch, measured by how much the pair's win rate beats Nocturne going solo.
Take Nocturne into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Nocturne ranks this patch.