Talk:Nocturne/@comment-34037140-20180109094805/@comment-34887434-20181104053441

Take him top with either BC/Triforce and Rylai's, and you'll appreciate the AP scalings on his E and Passive. Hell, go kind of tanky and have a Nashor's Tooth thrown in. This guy actually has endless awesome bruiser/juggernaut builds that nobody uses, because the meta and human instant-gratification calls for assassins and instantly blowing people up. He has a fat AD Buff, CC, a Movespeed buff, and an attack speed steroid along with a spellshield. His base stats are good, and they SCREAM top lane. Build a Botrk with Glacial Augment then go full tank after that. You still POOR out damage because of all your stat boosts from abilities.

TL;DR everyone builds him as an early game assassin, but he honestly scales great with all his steroids into the lategame.