Talk:Nocturne/Strategy/@comment-24754601-20150315201057

build on nocturne is AS quints, armor pen marks, armor marks, and MR glyphs. itme wise (this is laning only): i rush BOTRK becuase it gives stats that he benifits from and no real downsideds on him. second offenseive (not necisicairly the second) is hydra as extra ad and splash on spalsh makes clearing waves and fighting enemies around their minions easier. i build this over BT as i feel that the AD isn't as big but that the cleave helps when you split push which if you don't do as nocturne means you should have another person who can. BT is better in only fewer options and hydra seems better IMO. and the third offesnive is either a zephyr or yoummu's. the reason for zephyr is CDR, AS, damage, and tenacity which all synergize well with nocturne plays. yoummu's provides more armor pen (which at this point the enemy team probably needs a lot more armor just from your massive armor pen), and its active gives you a great steroid to secure kills the next item depends on if the jungler has one or not but is usually a cleaver which also helps against true damage. as for pure defense i like banshee's viel as it provides a second spell shield which works buitifully in team fights. this does not exclude spirit visage and works well too though i haven't tested as much i feel this would work better in certain but not perfect ways. overall if anyone actually gets to this part it is up to you on which you like the most. randuin's/GA is the last item GA i like on a lot of champions and it works well onnocturne as well it provides double resistances to team fights and it is inter changable with your banshee's or spirit visage. i find that having 2 defense provides a still good defense and against true damage building a randuin's is still nice as it provides a good amount of health still while stopping them from auto attacking you to death. if you can beat the true damage champion you are fighting with life steal then a spirit visage might be useful as well or a banshee's as that would stop any CC that they probably do have (nerf irelia).