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Nocturne
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Nocturne is a champion in League of Legends.[1]

Abilities[]

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Umbra Blades

Umbra Blades

Innate: Periodically, Nocturne empowers his next basic attack to slash in a circle, dealing 120% AD physical damage to the target and nearby enemies and Heal power icon healing himself for 13 − 30 (based on level) (+ 30% AP) per enemy hit. Against Minion icon minions, Umbra Blade's damage to secondary targets and healing are reduced by 50% and it applies On-hit icon on-hit effects(bug) to all targets at 100% effectiveness.

Umbra Blades can Critical strike icon critically strike against the primary target, modifying the physical damage dealt to「 (192.5% + 44% 44%) AD. 」「 110% of the Critical strike damage icon critical damage of his basic attacks. 」

Steel Blades

Basic attacks reduce Umbra Blades' Cooldown icon cooldown by 1 second, increased to 3 against enemy Champion icon champions and Monster icon monsters.

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  • The primary target of the enhanced attack takes Basic Attack basic damage while the secondary targets of the slash are dealt Umbra Blades default damage.
  • The enhanced attack will apply other on-hit effects (only to main target) and can Critical strike icon critically strike as normal.
    • The critical strike damage of the attack is notably unusual.(bug) It stems from a time where critical strikes by default did 200% AD damage, which meant that 110% of it equaled 220% AD, equal to a more standard Umbral Blades' bonus damage of 20% AD added to the critical damage. This also causes bonus critial damage such as Infinity Edge's Infinity Edge's passive to be 10% stronger on the attack.
      Now, the formula reduces the expected critical damage slightly by -2.5% AD, which is 10% of the reduction in base critical damage from Pre-Season 11.
  • The empowered attack will not trigger against structures nor wards.
    • Basic attacks against them will still grant the cooldown reduction.
  • Parry effects will only block the damage dealt to the primary target.

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Duskbringer

Duskbringer

Active: Nocturne casts out a shadow blade in the target direction that leaves a Dusk Trail in its wake, dealing physical damage to enemies hit. Enemy Champion icon champions and large Monster icon monsters hit will leave a Dusk Trail behind while moving. Dusk Trails last 5 seconds and will slowly disappear afterwards.

Physical damage:
65 / 110 / 155 / 200 / 245 (+ 85% bonus AD)

While on the Dusk Trail, Nocturne is Ghost ghosted and gains Attack damage icon bonus attack damage and Movement speed icon bonus total movement speed.

Bonus Attack Damage:
20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Bonus Movement Speed:
15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%

Info
  • Duskbringer checks for and hits targets 25 units outside of the missile's maximum range.
  • Duskbringer's damage is not increased by the bonus AD gained from its trail, meaning that casting it again while on the trail from the last cast will not result in higher damage.
    • It is observed from seasons ago that this is intentionally hard-coded into the ability to avoid the projectile increasing its own damage. This feature is somewhat deprecated as it also limits chain-casting Duskbringer.
  • Duskbringer's Dusk Trail will expose the path of affected units until its duration ends. It is a form of Sweeper Drone icon obscured vision; the trail indirectly reveals the location of enemy units even in the fog of war, including those shrouded by Guerrilla Warfare stealth.
  • Spell Shield Spell shield will block the damage and also prevents the Dusk Trail from following the target.
  • The formed Dusk Trail does not disappear if Duskbringer is intercepted by Wind Wall Wind Wall or Unbreakable Unbreakable.
  • This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the start of the cast time.
  • The bonus movement speed Multiple stacking icon stacks multiplicatively with other sources of movement speed boosts.

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Shroud of Darkness

Passive: Nocturne gains Attack speed icon bonus attack speed.

Bonus Attack Speed:
30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
Enhanced Bonus Attack Speed:
60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100%
Shroud of Darkness

Active: Nocturne gains a Spell Shield spell shield for 1.5 seconds. Upon successfully blocking a hostile effect, Shroud of Darkness' bonus attack speed is doubled for 5 seconds.

Info
  • If Shroud of Darkness is active when Nocturne re-casts Paranoia Paranoia to dash to a target, its duration is refreshed every 0.25 seconds during the dash.

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Unspeakable Horror

Passive: Nocturne gains Movement speed icon 90% bonus movement speed while facing nearby Flee icon feared targets.

Unspeakable Horror

Active: Nocturne torments the target, forming a Focused Resolve tether between himself and the target for 2 seconds, during which the target takes magic damage every 0.5 seconds over the duration.

Total Magic Damage:
80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+ 100% AP)
Magic Damage per Tick:
20 / 31.25 / 42.5 / 53.75 / 65 (+ 25% AP)

If the tether is not broken by the end of its duration, the target is Flee icon feared for a duration while being Slow icon slowed by 90%.

Disable Duration:
1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25

Info
  • Feared enemies in a Range center 180° total angle within Nocturne's facing direction will trigger Unspeakable Horror's passive.
    • The movement speed buff is granted even while Nocturne is standing still.
    • Nocturne does not need to have sight of fleeing targets to gain movement speed towards them.
  • Spell Shield Spell shield will block the tether's application but not the damage and aftereffects of one already applied.

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Paranoia

Paranoia

Active: Nocturne terrorizes all enemy champions, Nearsight icon nearsighting them for 6 seconds. He can recast Paranoia for the same duration after 0.25 seconds.

Recast: Nocturne Dash dashes with Unstoppable icon displacement immunity to the target enemy champion, dealing physical damage upon arrival.

Physical Damage:
150 / 275 / 400 (+ 120% bonus AD)

Nocturne can cast any of his abilities during the dash.

▶️   "Darkness... "
▶️   Activation alert.

Info
  • Nocturne will track the target if they change locations.
    • He will dash to the target's previous location without dealing damage if the target is too far away or moves beyond 3500 / 4250 / 5000 (based on Paranoia's rank) units.
  • Enemy players affected by Paranoia's Nearsight icon nearsight cannot interact with the allied portrait icons on the HUD.
  • Paranoia's Nearsight icon nearsight will apply to enemy champions that are Untargetable icon untargetable or are dead, and will persist through Death death.
  • Nocturne can cast any of his abilities, summoner spells (excluding Hexflash Hexflash), or item actives during flight.
    • Using a Dash dash or Flash blink ability will interrupt the flight.
    • The flight will also be interrupted if Nocturne is affected by a Blast Cone Blast Cone triggered by an allied champion.(bug)
  • Paranoia cannot be recast while Grounded icon grounded or Root icon rooted.
  • Paranoia's Nearsight icon nearsight does not apply to Command Hallucinate clones.
  • Players' screens will turn a different color when Paranoia is cast, based on their perspective: blue for allies and red for enemies.
  • A spell indicator telegraphed to Nocturne and his allies will be placed on all enemy Champion icon champions within range of Paranoia's recast while the ability is active. The following images display the indicator for the default skin:
Nocturne Original Paranoia Indicator Red

A glowing red silhouette of Nocturne's blades indicates an enemy champion can be targeted by Paranoia's recast.

Nocturne Original Paranoia Indicator

A glowing green silhouette of Nocturne's blades signifies an enemy champion has been targeted by Paranoia's recast.

Champion skins[]

This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Nocturne (Collection).
Nocturne OriginalSkin
Original
RP 880
15.03.2011
A demonic amalgamation drawn from the nightmares that haunt every sentient mind, the thing known as Nocturne has become a primordial force of pure evil. It is liquidly chaotic in aspect, a faceless shadow with cold eyes and armed with wicked-looking blades. After freeing itself from the spirit realm, Nocturne descended upon the waking world, to feed upon the kind of terror that can only thrive in true darkness.
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ActorJason Wishnov
ArtistAlex 'alexplank' Flores
Loot eligible Loot eligible

Patch history[]

For the expanded patch notes, see here.
V14.4
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Tether now innately checks every 0.05 seconds for valid range conditions, and no longer waits for every 8th server tick.
V14.2
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • New Effect: Now checks for and hits targets 25 units outside of the missile's maximum range.
    • New Effect: Large monsters hit now leave behind a Dusk Trail when they move.
V13.15
V12.18
  • Stats
    • Attack damage growth reduced to 2.6 from 3.1.
V12.17
  • Stats
    • Attack speed ratio increased to 0.721 from 0.668.
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Cooldown reduced to 13 seconds from 14.
V12.14
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Removed: No longer deals 50% reduced damage against minions that are the primary target.
V12.10
  • Stats
    • Base health increased to 655 from 585.
    • Health growth increased to 109 from 95.
    • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
    • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.55 from 0.75.
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Base heal reduced to 13 − 30 (based on level) from 15 − 40 (based on level).
    • Heal AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 15% AP.
V12.9
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Bug Fix: Voice line that plays to all players is no longer louder than intended if they had visibility of more than 1 champion affected by the nearsight debuff.
V12.8
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Bug Fix: Voice line that is played to all players when the ability is activated is no longer louder than intended.
V12.2
  • Stats
    • Health growth increased to 95 from 85.
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Bonus AD ratio increased to 85% bonus AD from 75%.
V11.16
V11.15
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Bug Fix: Now correctly heals for the full amount against pets.
V11.14
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • New Effect: Damage and healing are now reduced by 50% against minions.
V11.2
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds from 10.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Cooldown reduced to 140 / 115 / 90 from 150 / 125 / 100.
V11.1
  • Stats
    • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
V10.18
  • General
    • Updated visual effects.
    • New basic attacks swipes and target effects.
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • New effect to clearly show the area of effect. His blades now glow when his passive is ready.
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Updated missile effects and rebalanced darkness trail.
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • More thematic spell shield and new attack speed buff effect.
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Updated beam and shadow effects to show the timing more clearly.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • New dash effect when Nocturne casts the ability. Updated trail and impact effects. Enemies affected by the spell get a shadowy screen space effect.
  • Frozen Terror Nocturne Frozen Terror Nocturne
    • All VFX updated with a winter thematic.
  • Haunting Nocturne Haunting Nocturne
    • All VFX updated with a spooky thematic.
  • Eternum Nocturne Eternum Nocturne
    • All VFX updated with a sci-fi thematic.
V10.16
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 10.
    • Cooldown reduction against champions and monsters increased to 3 seconds from 2.
V10.13 - June 24th Hotfix
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Dusk Trail would display incorrectly after he died, showing up two steps ahead of Nocturne and not buff him appropriately for the rest of the game.
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that made Nocturne unable to gain attack speed from his passive for the rest of the game.
V10.13
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • New Effect: Cooldown reduction is now doubled against monsters.
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the cooldown would always refund 1 second, instead of 1 or 2 seconds based on the target.
V10.8
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Indicator added to show recast ability timer.
V10.7
  • Stats
    • Base health regeneration reduced to 7 from 8.5.
    • Magic resistance growth reduced to 0.75 from 1.25.
V9.16
  • Stats
    • Base armor increased to 38 from 36.
    • Base health increased to 585 from 582.8.
    • Base mana increased to 275 from 273.8.
    • Base mana regeneration increased to 7 from 6.756.
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • Bonus attack speed increased to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%.
V9.5
V9.1
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • New Effect: Can now ping whether the ability is within range or not.
V8.15
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Bug Fix: Fearing a champion with Unspeakable Horror no longer interrupts his attacks.
V8.13 - July 3rd Hotfix
  • Stats
    • Base attack reduced to 62 from 65.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 120% bonus AD from 150%.
V8.11
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage reduced to 65 from 67.21.
    • New: Now has 8% bonus attack speed at level 1.
V8.7
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Trail bonus attack damage increased to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55.
V8.6
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • New Effect: Tooltip now mentions that it remains active during Paranoia's Paranoia's flight.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Base damage increased to 150 / 275 / 400 from 150 / 250 / 350.
    • Bonus AD ratio increased to 150% bonus AD from 120%.
V8.5
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Base heal changed to 15 − 40 (based on level) from 10 / 18 / 26 (based on level).
    • New Effect: Basic attacks against enemy champion now instead reduces the cooldown by 2 seconds per hit.
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Missile speed increased to 1600 from 1400.
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • New Effect: If Shroud of Darkness is active when Nocturne re-casts Paranoia Paranoia to dash to a target, it'll stay active until Nocturne reaches his target.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Enemy Nearsight icon nearsight and recast duration increased to 6 seconds from 4.
V8.3
  • Stats
    • Base health regeneration increased to 8.5 from 8.26.
V8.2
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
V7.22
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 67 from 59.208.
    • Base armor increased to 36 from 26.88.
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Base damage increased to 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 / 245 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.
V7.19
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • Now block only the first ability that hits, rather than every ability that hits at the same time the shield is broken.
V7.6
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Bug Fix: If a teammate becomes invisible or camouflaged while hidden from you by Paranoia, you now still properly gain vision of them if they enter your reduced vision radius before Paranoia ends.
V7.5
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • New Effect: Added indicator (visible to Nocturne only) to show tether range.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • New Effect: Added pre and on-hit animations which sync with Paranoia's damage.
V6.21
  • Shroud of Darkness Shroud of Darkness
    • Void Nocturne and Frozen Nocturne now use the base skin's particle for their spell shields.
V6.18
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Fear duration increased to 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 seconds from 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2.
V6.10
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • New Effect: Per-target heal has a (+ 15% AP) ratio.
V6.7
V5.17
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Range increased to 2500 / 3250 / 4000 from 2000 / 2750 / 3500.
V5.9
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Base damage increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 260 from 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250.
    • Bug Fix: Passive bonus movement speed interaction with allied fears.
V5.6
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Cooldown reduced to 150 / 125 / 100 seconds from 180 / 140 / 100.
V4.21
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • New Effect: Nocturne passively gains bonus movement speed while moving toward feared enemies.
V4.18
  • General
    • Texture update to Classic, Frozen, Haunting, Ravager, and Void.
V4.15
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Removed: Dusk Trail visually obscuring other particle effects.
V4.13
V4.5
  • Stats
    • Armor increased to 21 from 17.
V4.3 - February 28th Hotfix
V4.3
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Removed: Feared targets run around randomly.
    • New Effect: Feared targets flee away from Nocturne at reduced movement speed.
V3.14
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Bug Fix: Trail bonus applying inconsistently.
V3.13
V3.02
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Bug Fix: Nocturne not automatically chasing target.
V1.0.0.152
  • Stats
    • Movement speed increased to 345 from 320.
V1.0.0.143
V1.0.0.140b
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades
    • Per-target heal changed to 10 / 18 / 26 from 15 / 20 / 25.
V1.0.0.139
V1.0.0.135
V1.0.0.129
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Cast range reduced to 425 from 475.
    • Tether range reduced to 465 from 525.
V1.0.0.125
V1.0.0.123
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • New Effect: Nocturne will attempt to attack the target he dashes to.
    • Removed: Scoring assists for reducing enemy sight.
V1.0.0.121
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • New Effect: Minimap range indicator.
V1.0.0.118
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Base damage reduced to 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Base damage reduced to 150 / 250 / 350 from 150 / 300 / 450.
    • Bug Fix: First use in-game causing a glitch.
V1.0.0.116
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Bug Fix: Following targets over variable distances depending on rank.
V1.0.0.115
  • Duskbringer Duskbringer
    • Bonus attack damage reduced to 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60.
  • Unspeakable Horror Unspeakable Horror
    • Cast range reduced to 475 from 500.
    • Tether range reduced to 550 from 600.
    • Bug Fix: Target still being feared when tether is broken near the duration's end.
    • Bug Fix: Fear being blocked by spell shields spell shields coming off cooldown while tether is active.
  • Paranoia Paranoia
    • Dash range reduced to 2000 / 2750 / 3500 from 2500 / 3250 / 4000.
V1.0.0.114
V1.0.0.113
  • Added

Trivia[]

  • Nocturne is the only champion to have spoken lines in the major cinematics.
  • Nocturne comes from the French nocturne, which is derived from the Latin nocturnus "of the night".
  • Umbra Blades Umbra Blades is named after Latin umbra for shade or shadow.
  • Nocturne was the first champion to be previewed at a major event prior to release (PAX East 2011).
    • He was also previewed in IGN.

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