Talk:Nocturne/@comment-34037140-20180109094805/@comment-25489490-20180309120142

He's a diver. He wants to create a situation where he can use his long-range assassination tool on the adc, successfully kill them, and then have the tanky stats to survive, escape or keep fighting afterwards. You only need to build a few damage items on Nocturne because he can kill a full build adc with just those few. He has no need for more damage under normal circumstances. He uses defensive items after that to stay relevant against high damage champions like the adc he needs to 1v1 easily, and can with one armor item.