Talk:Nocturne/@comment-8506165-20130726071931/@comment-5489694-20130727085800

People pick him for the easy engagement ultimate and 2 second fear. That's pretty much it strategy wise. AG/Bulwark/Locket/Randuin's is the considered simplest, safest, and most consistent build for any engage jungler. Wrig's/Aegis + Fratmas or like Wrig's/Aegis + Youmoo's/Randuin's/FH were the most popular item builds on Noct when he came out. People have always built Noct tanky, cheap and useful mid tier bruiser items aren't popular since Spirit's & BotRK were introduced. You either build damage and have a sketch mid game (where games are won and loss nowadays), build tank and do meh damage, or build old stuff and struggle to complete the build a little because the items are more expensive and a little different.

MAN I MISS HoG