Talk:Nocturne/@comment-3238314-20110318175402

My analysis of him is near completion. To be honest, I find him balanced, and you could only argue he's very efficient in his role of dps assassin. He relies mostly on getting fed early on, or his late game presence will be greatly diminished.

His greatest strength is catching people off guard when they are over extended. Probably he's gonna teach some people how to: properly last hit so they don't over extend; not go at the other end of the map to farm stuff late game when your team needs you; check for wards; check for wards; Protect their carry and not split off to finish people and leave some guy behind to his death.

Like I said earlier, he relies alot on surprize to end the lives of his targets, but if he uses paranoia and you're not overextended, you can survive it. Laning with a partner that has a stun (and does not use it on arrival, which is when Nocturne will pop his shield) will help alot, maybe even net you a kill.

His ultimate is pretty nifty, but you should be very careful using it, as you ARE NOT untargetable when swooping towards your target. And for the sake of gods, don't use it on targets that are surrounded by their team mates unless everyone is distracted badly or retreating while broken off, because you're signing your own death note. I couldn't stop laughing each time i heard "Darkness" or "You're all alone" followed very shortly by "an ally has been slained". And this in Co-op vs AI. Speaking of which, I think the AI is improving over the course of matches. It's doing better than at the beggining.

So, conclusion for now: Nocturne is a good champ who can do his job well, but having good opponents makes it hard enough to put out all broken shouts placed on him. I think all who still call him op right now are the same people who are still frustrated to losing to Evelynn, Karthus or Shaco. Time to wake up and smell the health potion, people.