Talk:Nocturne/Strategy/@comment-31.178.125.7-20120615211542/@comment-5204385-20120617071437

Depends on enemy team composition. If they have a bunch of CC and slows (Kayle, Ashe, Ryze etc) then your merc treads are fantastic. If they're just damage creatures (Mordekaiser, Fiora etc) your merc treads are pretty much useless. That's when you can consider getting berserker greaves instead. (Or Ninja Tabi).

Also, it depends the kind of Nocturne you play to fit into YOUR team composition. Tanktourne can brilliantly initiate fights by diving the AD carry right at the back of the enemy team. Ideally your team rains down on the enemy team while they're trying to peel you off their AD carry. Should you go more damage (glass cannon), then of course you can't be initiating fights, you have to wait for everyone on their team to burn off their ults and CCs before you zoom right in to clean up.

In summary, look at your enemy team composition, adjust accordingly.